The Yondaime's Legacy

Chapter 28: The Uchiha Reunion

Author's Notes: Tomorrow, July 24 is Yugito's birthday!

Previously:
Pulling on his cloak, he sprinted off in the direction of the Uchiha hideout.

Sasuke was currently in Kusagakure (Hidden Grass Village) after Orochimaru had made him switch between so many bases just in case an enemy could track them.

Every time they made a switch, Orochimaru abandoned the base there while bringing all his articles and documents over to the new base. Thus, they were never in one place for too long.

From what Sasuke knew of the Uchiha hideout, it was located in the Land Of Fire, near the Fire-Grass border, so he was in luck. He should make it there in about two to three hours.

Uchiha Hideout, 8.30p.m.

Sasuke observed the vast forestry surrounding the dilapidated building. It was built into a terraced mountain with trees on each level.

On either side of the mountain, two towers were built and were connected directly to it.
An ominous sound echoed as he stepped in through the entrance - the caw of a crow. Said bird eyed him with its beady black eyes, before flying away.

The Uchiha tried to ignore it as he took in the sight of the base. It was a huge, plain meeting hall with nothing but a throne which sat on an elevated platform. Behind the throne was a yellow poster with eight red swirls surrounding the kanji for "fox".

A murder of crows flew into the hall and towards the throne, gathering and mixing to form the shape of his elder brother.

If he had to guess, that crow from earlier was a summon which reverse summoned Itachi... As expected of his brother.

"Itachi-niisan," Sasuke greeted, his heart beating rapidly. This was the man he had wanted to kill all his life.

"Sasuke... you've come," Itachi replied.

The younger Uchiha gritted his teeth. He was getting nervous. Why was he nervous? He should be getting his sword out and killing his brother. But now that he was here... he knew.

He knew why.

"Itachi... I want to ask you something."

"Hmm? Go ahead."

"Was it true? Did you really massacre the clan to test your skills? Or were you ordered to kill the clan because you had no choice?" Sasuke asked. Itachi's next words were important, it would decide if Sasuke would kill him.

The older Uchiha faltered, before choosing his next words carefully. "I did it... because I was forced to."

Sasuke disappeared in a blur, appearing right in front of Itachi with his arms outstretched.

To his utmost surprise, his younger brother hugged him. "I knew it... Tsunade was right," Sasuke muttered, tears falling from his eyes as the mystery of his life was finally solved.

Itachi was shocked, even if his face didn't show it. "Tsunade-sama did what?"

Sasuke withdrew from the hug. "The Hokage explained it all to me. After I was promoted to chunin, Tsunade told me the truth. All of it, right after Naruto's wedding."

"Well that saves the explanation," Itachi thought.

"You were... misunderstood. Hated... hated by the village you loved," Sasuke said out between tears, "Despite all you did for them... they shunned you! How dare those despicable villagers!"

His tears stopped. "Tsunade told me that it was all because of Shimura Danzo's manipulation that you had to kill off the clan. Shisui-niisan's death was blamed on you, even though he committed suicide! They used you as a scapegoat... and now, they shall pay the price. I'll kill Danzo!" he cried.

Itachi sighed. "Killing is good and all, but you have to think - what good would that do to Konoha if one of the Honourable Councillors was assassinated?"

"There's still Homura and Koharu, and they cannot manipulate anyone without Danzo," Sasuke countered.

"Good point," Itachi said. Sasuke scowled. "Between you and me, I suspect he raided the clan compound after the massacre and stole a bunch of Sharingan."

Itachi's eyes widened. That was an unforgivable desecration. After what had happened, the clan should be allowed to rest in peace. Yet this outsider came in and stole their prized possessions? What's more, they were dangerous in the hands of Danzo, who had already stolen Shisui's Mangekyo as far as he knew.

"That's it. I can't go back with you because I'm the mole in Akatsuki, but you have my blessings to assassinate Danzo," Itachi spoke.

"With pleasure," Sasuke replied.

"On the subject of Mangekyo, have you heard of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?" Itachi asked. Now was a good time, if any.

Sasuke shook his head.

"The Mangekyo is a power that seals itself gradually with use. Eventually, the user will go blind."

The younger Uchiha gasped. He never knew of such consequences. His vision was quite blurry recently, but he passed it off as lack of sleep that would go away after a while. Obviously he did not foresee such a huge handicap of using the Mangekyo.

"Fortunately, there is a way to counter that. It is called the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Sounds pretty self-explanatory, doesn't it?" Itachi asked.

Sasuke nodded. "I presume it involves some transplanting?" Itachi nodded, impressed with his intelligence.

After all, there was no way to train it as the more the Mangekyo was used, the more it would deteriorate - the very thing they were trying to avoid in the first place. Therefore, the next logical possibility was transplanting.

"The original owner transplants the Mangekyo of a relative into his own eyes, and when the eyes find their new host, their powers will be unsealed forever," Itachi explained.

"So... one of us has to go without eyes?" Sasuke asked. Itachi facepalmed, taking back his earlier impression.

"We could both swap eyes, and that would result in both of us wielding the EMS. Naruto and Narumi have done it before, it was a success. In fact, that was what they were doing before you arrived at the hotel that time, trying to kill us."

Sasuke nodded. He would go ahead with the procedure. Itachi continued, "Each pattern of the Mangekyo indicates different characteristics the owner would have. Gaining the EMS will allow one to combine the abilities of both users."

Sasuke channelled chakra to his eyes, making them transform into the Mangekyo Sharingan. "What does mine say?"

Itachi noted, "Black on red patterns are extremely rare. They indicate flexibility, and an aptitude for kenjutsu. Ellipses represent speed, the more you have, the better. The fact that they are arranged in an atom model shows a high affinity for fire."

Itachi paused to activate his own Mangekyo. "Mine has curves. They symbolise an aptitude for genjutsu. The curves are actually one never-ending line, so they mean that I have high chakra levels. The tri-bladed shuriken pattern represents skills in shurikenjutsu."

"My wife's Mangekyo consisted of a snowflake, symbolising a high affinity for water. The lines were straight and sharp, another rarity as well within the Uchiha clan which symbolised efficiency of motion and an aptitude for taijutsu. Naruto's original was a six-pointed star and a ring of stylised flower petals surrounding them. It is practically unheard of to have two separate patterns in one Mangekyo; apparently that allowed him to use more than the standard number of abilities. The star's points were straight and sharp, which again represents efficiency and skills in taijutsu. The flower petals, on the other hand, were actually made up of ellipses on closer inspection. He had eight ellipses, that makes him practically a god in speed. The flower petals were connected in a ring, so the unbroken line means that he has high chakra levels."

Sasuke nodded in acceptance. That fitted the description of the Naruto he knew.

"Since they swapped eyes, Narumi gained the flower petals while Naruto's star was replaced with her snowflake," Itachi continued, "Alright. Enough of this, shall we do the swap?"

"Hai."

9.30p.m.

"It's getting late, Sasuke. I shall take my leave soon," Itachi informed his brother.

"So soon? Ah well, I suppose it is. I shall leave for Konoha by first light," Sasuke replied.

Itachi gave a kind smile, one that Sasuke would treasure for eternity. He put a hand on his younger brother's hair, ruffling it.

"Do me proud, Sasuke..."

The mysterious man dispersed into crows.

"I will," Sasuke replied to the empty hall.

The Next Day

The Uchiha scion woke up in an inn in a town nearby which he took temporary refuge in for the night.

Grabbing his favourite weapon, he secured it to his belt before booking out and leaving for Konoha.

At the same time, Naruto and Yugito got up from bed and left the hotel to return to the village.

The capital and the town, being equidistant from Konoha, resulted unsurprisingly in both parties meeting each other along the way.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Naruto asked, wary of the teenager he once called a friend.

Sasuke shrugged nonchalantly. "S-rank mission accomplished, I'm back to report to Tsunade."

Naruto, distrusting him, got Yugito to flank him and escort him to the Hokage's office directly.

Sasuke was totally relaxed as he entered the Leaf Village as if he had never left it.

This caused some confusion and irritation on Naruto's part. What the hell was going on?

Hokage's Office

"Ohayo Tsunade-sama," Sasuke greeted as he entered the room with his two escorts.

"Sasuke, you're finally back... with Naruto and Yugito? Well shit," Tsunade cursed. That would force her to spill the beans, and by the looks of it, it was not going to end well.

She rubbed her temple in irritation, already feeling a migraine coming on.

"Tsunade-sama, please explain this," Naruto requested in a sickly sweet tone.

She sighed. "Long story short, Sasuke finds out about the truth behind the massacre, awakens the Mangekyo, goes on a mission to destroy Orochimaru's base and assassinate the traitorous snake himself. Authorised by yours truly, and since it is an S-rank the information is not privy to anyone except him and myself, as well as the ANBU in the room."

Naruto was about to cry out in anger when Yugito grabbed his hand, squeezing it to calm her irate husband down. Understandably, he was pissed off as he wasn't informed and basically fought his own friend for nothing at the Valley Of The End.

In fact, he had endangered the mission by planting the Amaterasu Transcription Seal in Sasuke's eyes to burn Orochimaru as he was supposed to be a sleeper agent until he could kill the snake sannin. Which ironically, the scientist trained him to do without knowing it until it was too late. That was also part of Tsunade's plan - to kill two birds with one stone by letting Sasuke get training while killing off Orochimaru after.

"What about Haku? You just left her alone there, unknowing of why you left?" Naruto asked.

The Uchiha shook his head. "I was given permission to inform her as it concerned her. If she did not know what was going on, she might have stirred up more trouble than was worth and go crazy with worry when I was actually perfectly fine. She was just told to act like it which brings me to my next point. To keep things realistic and hide the fact that I was in a mission, I couldn't inform my friends so that Orochimaru wouldn't suspect a thing should he have sent Kabuto to spy on Konoha."

Naruto calmed down a bit, no longer so pissed but was still angry. He didn't know if he could forgive Tsunade for this, but he understood the reasons behind her actions.

Sometimes, as the leader, one had to make decisions for the greater good, even if the people didn't see its purpose and hated one for it. That was something he had to learn if he was to become Hokage.

The Yondaime's son grumbled, but then decided to smile and see the good side - Sasuke didn't actually defect on purpose.

"Welcome back, I suppose," Naruto said, sticking out his hand. The Uchiha shook it.

"Well mission reports? We'll start with yours Naruto as it is shorter," Tsunade said.

The Uzumaki started, going through the entire mission in detail. Tsunade was impressed with Yugito's performance, and as such decided to promote the chunin.

"Yugito, I shall promote you to jonin rank as this was a promotional mission," Tsunade declared, taking a jonin vest from the closet in the office.

"Loyalty to the village, uprightness, leadership, discipline, commitment and responsibility, care for fellow shinobi and adventurous spirit," Yugito recited the seven core values as the Hokage handed the special flak jacket to her. Compared to the chunin vest, this one had more compartments.

"With the power vested in me as Hokage, I promote Uzumaki Yugito to jonin rank!" Tsunade decreed. "Lead with pride and serve with dedication, jonin."

"Hai, Hokage-sama!" she replied as she put on the jacket. "Congratulations, Yugito-chan," Naruto said, while Sasuke applauded lightly.

"As expected from the famous Cat Empress... Congratulations, Yugito-san," Sasuke said.

"Thanks!" she replied to everyone.

"Now, Yugito, as a jonin your mission schedule will be quite tight so expect little rest between missions. It can be as little as a day before your next mission, so do rest well. Dismissed," Tsunade advised.

Yugito and Naruto left the room, and Sasuke carried on with his debrief of the three-year S-rank mission.

While it happened, silencer tags were in place. Sasuke said, "I'll be taking out Danzo."

"But how? We don't have enough evidence to incriminate him," Tsunade asked.

"Oh, we do alright," Sasuke responded, smirking as he unsealed the contents of his scroll.

Orochimaru's journals came tumbling out, revealing Danzo's involvement with the dead nukenin.

Tsunade smiled. Things were looking up, and by the next council meeting, they should be able to take out Danzo by the ROOTs.

With her position, they should be able to do organise the next meeting by this evening.

"On a side note, you should go see Haku now, she's missing you terribly," Tsunade teased.

Sasuke gave a dramatic flourish.

"At once, Hokage-sama."

Haku's Apartment

Knocks resounded on the door. Haku set down her steam iron and walked to the door, opening it.

"Ye- Sasuke-kun! You're back!" she cried happily, hugging him. Sasuke returned the embrace, hugging his lover tightly.

She released him, blushing in embarrassment at her outburst. "Sorry about that... please come in!"

Sasuke took off his sandals, entering the house. "Not much has changed around here, huh..." he commented wistfully.

Haku nodded. A smirk played on his lips. "Except you, Haku-chan. You're much more beautiful," he teased, watching her blush in amusement.

"Flattery doesn't get you anywhere," she replied playfully. "Oh with you... it gets me on the bed," he countered, picking his girlfriend up bridal style and running into the bedroom.

Sounds of love-making filled the house, as steam continued to rise from the forgotten iron.

Hokage's Office, 5p.m.

"ANBU, get me the clan heads, civilian councillors and the three advisors. I want everyone at the Council Chambers by 5.15 is that clear?!"

"HAI, HOKAGE-SAMA!"

Council Chambers, 5:10p.m. The clan heads filed into the room one by one, while the civilians were already seated. The three advisors waited patiently for the remaining clan heads to enter the chamber, of which Naruto was part of.

The Hokage was the last to enter at 5.15, before the ANBU closed the doors.

Tsunade set her hat down at the head of the curved table. "Now, I've summoned the council to pass judgment on a criminal."

"Who is he?" Danzo asked.

"I'm glad you asked," she smirked. "Shimura Danzo."

"What is the meaning of this, Tsunade-sama?!" he growled dangerously.

"You're a man of many crimes, Danzo. From treason to theft, you've done them all. Let me start with treason. Your first crime was keeping the ANBU ROOT programme active despite the Sandaime's orders. While no doubt you had the good of Konoha in mind at the time, it gradually became your weapon. By having your own force of ANBU-level shinobi, it is already a danger to the village as its intentions are not established because it was not meant to exist in the first place. Secondly, you worked with my teammate Orochimaru."

This drew gasps from the rest of the council, and they began to doubt the man.

"We retrieved Orochimaru's journals in an S-rank mission, they revealed that he was working closely with you to exchange genetic specimens. Specifically, the genes of the Sharingan. Which brings me to your theft of crime. Many Sharingans disappeared from the bodies of the dead Uchiha after the massacre, and that was immediately after you were allowed access. Also, you are believed to have stolen Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo and implanted it into your right eye socket. Hiashi-san, please confirm this."

The Hyuga clan head activated his Byakugan, looking through the bandages covering Danzo's right eye. "That chakra... it's definitely Shisui's."

After all, which Hyuga didn't know the chakra of Shunshin no Shisui? His gaze trailed down to the bandages covering his right arm.

Hiashi gasped. "You... You have ten Sharingans implanted in your arm!"

"So that confirms it. I do not believe we require further evidence to incriminate you. You're as good as a dead man, Danzo," Tsunade declared, "Get him!"

The ANBU turned to catch him, however the elder was already out of his seat, bolting away.

In a flash of orange, Naruto reappeared next to Danzo and grabbed his left arm.

"You ain't going anywhere, Danzo," Naruto muttered, eyes glowing crimson. "A special someone wants to meet you."

A swirling distortion began pulling the elder into what was Naruto's right eye. No matter how much Danzo tried to escape the blond's grasp, his arm might as well have been in a vice grip.

Three seconds later, Danzo was completely sucked in, as well as Naruto who teleported away to Training Ground 7.

Training Ground 7

Danzo came tumbling out of midair and onto the grassy floor. When he got up, he flinched as he noticed the calm Uchiha standing nearby, hand on his sword.

"What are you doing here, boy?"

Sasuke growled. "You have done injustice to the village, and to the Uchiha clan."

Drawing his sword and pointing it to his right, at the memorial stone, he said, "Before these fallen heroes, I'll take my stand against this traitor. Your execution shall commence."

Wordlessly, he charged at the elder. Danzo braced himself, before launching a barrage of kunai at Sasuke.

The Uchiha deflected them easily with his chokuto, and went straight for a vertical chop.

Danzo was no pushover; he was after all, a retired jonin. A kunai appeared in his hand, blocking the sword.

With his bare strength, he deflected the blade and jumped into the air, spinning around to deliver a kick.

Sasuke made to grab his leg, however Danzo dropped into a handstand and backflipped away with his left hand, evading the Uchiha's moves.

When he ground to a halt, he put a hand to his lips. "Futon: Shinkuha (Wind Style: Vacuum Wave)!"

A giant blade of wind shot out from his mouth and headed towards Sasuke. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

A huge fireball emerged and flew towards the B-rank futon technique, clashing with it and cancelling both out due to the elemental advantage despite its C-rank status.

Danzo took this chance and sprinted through the explosion towards Sasuke while unleashing a volley of shuriken at him.

They were buzzing with chakra around their edges - clearly chakra propelled. With the Sharingan, they were deflected easily by his own shuriken.

That was merely a distraction for Danzo to grab the teen by his collar and turn him around, throwing him into the sky while casting his jutsu.

"Futon: Shinku Renpa (Wind Style: Vacuum Wave Barrage)!" Multiple blades of wind flew towards Sasuke, who was vulnerable in midair - or so Danzo thought.

A purple aura enveloped the Uchiha, protecting him from the blades by manifesting into a ribcage.

When he landed unharmed, Sasuke's Susano'o had skeletal hands, in which there was a sword in one hand and a black orb in the other.

From the orb, the black flames of Amaterasu were sent flying at the elder in the form of multiple projectiles.

Danzo couldn't dodge them all, and was struck by one. Black flames consumed his body as he screamed out in pain.

Suddenly, his form wavered, reappearing five metres to the left unscathed.

Sasuke was analysing what Danzo just did. "What was that jutsu?" However, it was too late as the elder was upon him.

"Futon: Shinkuha!" Danzo cried, shooting an extremely focused blade of wind at Sasuke.

In rapid retaliation, the Uchiha fired an arrow with a bow manifested from Susano'o.

The chakra construct zipped through the futon jutsu, dispersing it while on its path towards the elder.

It pierced right through Danzo's stomach. However, the elder's form shimmered once again, disappearing like a mirage. He reappeared once again, totally without a scratch.

Sasuke scowled. "That should've killed him," he thought furiously. Danzo smirked, unwrapping his right arm's bandages.

They fell to the floor, revealing eight Sharingan implants. More importantly, he could see two closed portions of the skin which were eyelids.

That matched the number of times he had revived. "Is this the feared Izanagi nii-san talked about?" he thought, "Well, I just have to kill him eight more times."

With a war cry, he launched thousands of Amaterasu projectiles which rained down on the man relentlessly.

Danzo revived once again, only to get stabbed in the back with a Chidori. Once more, he activated Izanagi, saving himself from a grisly death.

This was getting annoying - he only had six more chances. Each time he used the Izanagi, it blinded an eye. The cost of altering reality and escaping death is the one most dear to an Uchiha: his Sharingan.

Every time he used it, he subconsciously checked how many eyes on his arm he had left. In the heat of battle, there was simply no time to count how many times he used it so it was easier to check his arm.

That would be his downfall.

"Katon: Goryuka no Jutsu!" Sasuke intoned, the flames already rushing speedily across the field, engulfing Danzo in the fierce inferno.

The elder's futon techniques were no match for Sasuke's katon jutsus, so he decided to pull his trump card again.

After he reappeared and the fire stopped burning, he emerged from the flames, a jutsu ready. "Kuchiyose: Baku (Summoning: Baku)!"

A gigantic elephantine chimera appeared behind Sasuke, large enough to dwarf his Susanoo. It had tiger-like limbs and armour on the base of the trunk and between the eyes. It was dark orange in colour with the exception of its trunk, legs and the markings around its eyes. Its feet were also striped; reminiscent of those of a tiger and it also had huge tusks and what looks like a beard, as well as long, sharp claws.

Turning back briefly, he thought, "What the hell is that?" The beast roared, before a strong wind picked up, sucking everything nearby towards its mouth, including trees and rocks.

Danzo launched a new technique, one of his strongest. "Futon: Shinku Taigyoku (Wind Style: Vacuum Bomb)!"

He expelled a powerful compressed ball of futon chakra which sailed straight through the air towards Sasuke's Susano'o.

Baku's suction increased the intensity of the jutsu, which built up in power tremendously the more it flew, attracted by the summon's power.

Sasuke braced for impact, and was surprised when the ball slammed against the chakra construct, causing cracks right before it exploded, completely destroying the level 1 Susano'o.

"Kuso!" Sasuke cursed as his anchor was gone. He was now flying towards Baku's mouth.

Suddenly, he got an idea. "Katon: Uchiha Daien no Jutsu (Fire Style: Uchiha Great Fire Jutsu)!" he yelled, sending flames of great intensity at the huge summon.

Its own suction turned against it as it increased the power of the fire jutsu and when it finally entered it mouth, Baku was doomed.

The firestorm exploded within the summon, dispelling it immediately.

Danzo cursed his luck, and instinctively checked his arm. Six left.

Sasuke sprinted towards the Shimura, a Chidori in hand. Danzo backflipped away, knowing it was a short range jutsu.

He was mistaken. "Chidori Eiso (Chidori Sharp Spear)!" the Uchiha called. A beam of electricity shot out from the Chidori in his hand and headed for Danzo at high speeds.

The elder ducked just in time, but his mind was blown further when Sasuke swiped his hand to the left and manoeuvered the stream of electricity from so far away.

"I thought that was a one-shot jutsu... apparently not," he thought just as it pierced his lung.

"Chidori Shinso (Chidori True Spear)!" Sasuke cried, placing his right hand on his left bicep and sending an extra surge of raiton chakra across the lightning beam.

When it reached the end, the line exploded and killed Danzo for the sixth time. Once again, the elder rewrote reality.

He checked his arm. Five left.

Sasuke disappeared in a blur, reappearing before him. His right hand shot out in a hook, followed by his left which held a kunai, slashing Danzo's chest.

He spun counter-clockwise in a low kick, and then punched him with both hands like a battering ram. Jumping into the air, Sasuke performed a high kick which caught the elder in the face and dazed him.

When he landed, the Uchiha created a single shadow clone which launched a volley of kunai at Danzo while the original brought a hand to his lips.

Once the barrage ended, Sasuke ended the combo with a fireball which took him out.

"Izanagi," Danzo muttered and checked his arm again. Four left.

Sasuke breathed harshly. That shadow clone had been taxing on his chakra. Luckily it was only one, he could never understand how Naruto could spam thousands.

"Amaterasu! Kagutsuchi!" he casted one after another, burning the man to death.

Once again he was revived, with only three Sharingans left. The next thing Danzo knew, he was decapitated by Susano'o's sword.

Two left. Sasuke charged with all his might, plunging his sword into Danzo.

One more left. Danzo moved to punch Sasuke, however he manoeuvered behind him quickly, delivering a Chidori to his chest.

Danzo coughed up blood. But no matter he did, he couldn't use Izanagi. But how?

"Look at your arm, Danzo. You rely so much on it. Earlier when I used my Goryuka, the flames prevented you from checking your arm temporarily so I took the liberty of casting genjutsu to make you think you had one more eye than you actually did. That did you in as you weren't as careful when you could rewrite reality, didn't it? Well, it's over for you."

"Not... yet," the man choked out painfully. "Ura Shisho Fuin (Reverse Tetragram Sealing)!" he cried in a last ditch attempt to take out Sasuke.

Alarmed, he withdrew his hand immediately and jumped as far back as he could while a black sphere shot out of Danzo's body, enveloping a giant part of the training ground.

Naruto was seriously afraid for Sasuke's safety. At the start of the battle he had not seen the need to assist the Uchiha as he wanted to see the extent of Sasuke's abilities and he seemed to be doing just fine, but now his safety was in real danger.

Materialising, he grabbed Sasuke and teleported both of them into Kamui's dimension in time to escape the giant sealing jutsu which sealed everything within a kilometre radius into the user's corpse.

Needless to say, a huge part of the ground had been obliterated when they returned, including the memorial stone. They would have to rebuild it, but most importantly, Danzo was finally dead.

After a debrief with the Hokage and the other councillors, the entire council was dismissed.

"Sasuke... you've shown your ability and quick thinking in this battle against Danzo. That, with your S rank mission, is more than enough to qualify you for jonin rank. Congratulations," Tsunade said.

Sasuke nodded in acknowledgement. Naruto patted him on the back. "Good job!"

The Uchiha thanked him before returning home as he had a lot to do. Naruto suddenly paled as he realised something important.

"Tomorrow is Yugito's birthday! July 24 (coincidentally, that is tomorrow at the time of writing)..." Naruto said anxiously, looking at the calendar on the office wall.

Tsunade smirked. "Good luck planning. You're dismissed too."

Namikaze Compound

When Naruto returned home, he locked himself in the study and began planning an extensive schedule for tomorrow's activities. It was an important date not to be missed.

When he finally done, he slept. Hopefully tomorrow would go by successfully without troubles.

If only he knew how wrong he was. The world he knew was about to be turned upside-down.

Author's Notes:
I was planning to write a birthday scene for so long, and when I finally wrote the scene setup and looked up Yugito's birthday, I was shocked to see that it was July 24; tomorrow! In advance, happy birthday Yugito! On a side note, I hoped this chapter explained everything that surrounded Sasuke. See you next chapter - something big is gonna happen!

Until tomorrow,
Ja Ne