Difficult Engagements

Chapter 7

Itachi's POV

It has been about a week since that incident with Naruto and his father. I had to depart from my love. My family needed me, I also needed to ask them questions. Minato seems to understand a lot more about my family's stories than any outsider should.

"Hey, how was the bitches heat?" Kisame asks me, not caring to call Naruto by his name.

"It was alright. It did not end well," deciding to ignore what he said. I am used to him being so shrewd.

"You fucked the bitch!? Dude you know how bad that is, he's fuckin' royalty. It's ok with a common slut, but he is royalty! His father will kill you!" He yells seemingly considering my life.

"I'm still alive." I remind him.

"What happened?"

"I have to talk to my mother." I say not wanting to get into the details of the whole affair. I do not know what information I can trust with him just yet.

"That bad Oedipus?" crude as usual.

It takes a day of walking to get to the Uchiha Compound. It felt much longer with Kisame's constant complaining. The only benefit the shark found in me and Naruto was the power he would get with it. He saw our union as most people did a power alliance.

We got to the gates of the Uchiha Compound. They surround the whole town, it is a fortress. As soon as the gates opened we parted in our own separate ways. Kisame went to the left to the more rural parts of the town, while I went straight to the center of it all. I have to talk to my parents.

3rd POV

With Kisame

"Hey, you are Itachi's partner in the Akatsuki?" A man in a dark purple cloak with a hood that covered his face asked.

"Yeah." Kisame went against all of his feelings and replied to the hidden man.

"We have a job for you." The man said to Kisame, this caught the shark's attention. He's holding an official scroll of the crown.

"What is it?"

The man removed his cloak's hood, but his face was still hidden by the shadows. "If you want to know more about our plan follow me."

Kisame was intrigued by what the man said to him as he followed him. The two men reached an empty section in the compound, all life seemed to fade from this spot. No bugs made noise, no animals scampered around, it was just pure silence.

"Hello, Sai. I am glad you have gotten the target." another man said all that could be seen was piercing yellow eyes from the shadows. "Do not be alarmed, I am here to help you."

"Yeah?" Kisame had his doubts but that was a sealed scroll from the crown. "Let me see the scroll."

"Good." the man removed himself from the shadows with a devilish grin. His long black hair flowed behind him, making his pale skin stand out. His yellow slit snake eyes were his most prominent feature.

"Orochimaru!" Kisame shouted, he did not like what he had just agreed to because of who he agreed to it with.

Orochimaru was a wolf-snake hybrid demon from the south. He used to be part of the Three Sannin with Jiraiya and Tsunade, before, of course, he tried to kill them. The snake did not manage to kill his friends, but the three destroyed the surrounding villages while trying. No one but the three survived.

Since then he was supposed to be hiding in The Sound Territories.

"Ahh.. I see you know who I am, well that gets our introduction out of the way. Well now it's time for you to hear my plan…" he threw the scroll at the shark man.

With Itachi

"Hello father." The eldest son entered his father's office with important matters.

The room is decorated with Uchiha pride. The fan of war is masterfly carved on every surface it could be. The edge of the table had an alternate faceing pattern pattern of the symbol with the chairs matching perfectly as a set. The four window borders were stained with red on the top and faded to a white. Pride fills this room.

"Itachi, what is the cause of your delay in getting home?" fear hinted in the corners of his mouth. Any misstep with his son and the fox that could jeopardize their union would greatly affect the Uchiha Clan and Konoha.

"My mate needed me." Itachi said to his father, not wanting to explain the details of the delay he switched the subject, "Is mother around?"

"Why?" Itachi's fathers voice held an angry tone.

"I have some questions for her." ignoring what his father was worried about.

"I can get her here," The man knew if his son didn't talk about it, it wasn't a problem for the family.

He called for one of their servants to enter. At which quickly a male maid, with silver hair and thick rimmed glasses, walked into the room. More adept to his position with the family.

"Hello, lord." The silver headed male said to the man of the household. His eyes showed that he had no desire to be here, "What is it that you want of me?"

"Get my wife."

"Of course." he quickly bowed and walked away. The son and father pair having nothing of importance to discuss sat in complete silence waiting for her. Neither liked to fill the room with unnecessary things like noise.

"Itachi-kun, how was your trip?" my mother walked in the picture of politeness.

"Good. Why does The Kyuubi's husband know so much about our culture?" There was no time for any small talk in her son's eyes.

No one really knew where Minato came from. He just appeared one day on Kyuubi's arm, and no one asked questions. It was immediately accepted, as no one wanted to pry into the personal life of the devil that was ravaging the countryside. For a few years the blonde was able to provide a much needed relief for the nation.

"Oh?" Mitoko glanced over to her husband as if asking for permission to reveal a deep secret.

"He gave Naruto and I sunflowers." he says hoping the shock will move this conversation forward faster. They both had a look of fear and then understanding.

That was all that was needed, no longer waiting for permission, "Minanto-san used to be engaged to one of our cousins before the wars. Only our family knows that, we've kept it a secret for years."

"Stop." Fugaku commands.

"If the sunflowers are true, he needs to know. Our cousin was one the first to volunteer. He just wanted a war to prove himself. Minato-san was from outside of the compound, he worked on his family farm." she looks aside for a second reliving a memory, "They were very in love."

"What happened?"

"The Kyuubi tripled the country's land in the matter of a few years. He can take a farm boy from a new recruit." the wolf talked over his wife plainly.

"They both went up to the capitol, two months later Minato-san was publicly on The Kyuubi's arm and no one knew where our cousin was. The official report is death in battle." Mitoko filled in some details her husband left out.

"I think he had regretted his involvement with our cousin's death. That's why he chose you." She keeps adding more details to questions not asked. Minato was on his way to being recognized as a Uchiha, at least before his life with Kyuubi.

"We were able to collect most of our family back here as requested. How many days do we have?" A slight air of fear slipped out of the wolf's mouth when he asked the question.

"There is no way to know. We need to fortify our compound and start interrogating anyone not in this room. They are all our enemies until confirmed not." Itachi says take control of the room, "No one in or out."

Before the wolves could make true to their plan three bombs went off simultaneously. They were placed in the weak points of the compound's outermost walls. The fire that resulted from the first attack, did not reach the part of the main house. They were still too late.

Itachi felt the chakra of six non-Uchiha's, fastly approaching him. The demons were birds, most likely from the Sound. There has been a slight altercation going on with the Sound territoires. An Attack on one of the Fire Country's major villages would benefit them greatly.

This attack was supposed to be from the crown, not an outside invasion.

The six demons from the sound finally approached Itachi's location, the time it took them to get there gave Itachi time to prepare. Itachi was outnumbered, this did not stop him, it never did. He went to the nearest bird and dropped kicked him to the next life. In a fluid motion he kicked the other closest bird through the wall.

Even though the bird demons from the sound were frightened of Itachi's strength they had a mission to do. Three of the four demons left surrounded him, the last demon ran from the fight.

"Itachi-sama! I…" The silver headed man came running to the fight then backed away as far as he possibly could.

Itachi quickly took care of the remaining three with a fire attack. Every one of the bird demons were burnt to a crisp. He needed to run after the other demon.

"Itachi-sama!" The maid ran up to him. His uniform was covered in blood. Itachi could smell that it was his fathers blood. "A Sound demon killed your father, he talked about doing the same to your brother! The only reason I was spared was I looked like a lowly maid. I am going to Sasuke-sama's room right now."

These words attracted Itachi to what is really going on here. This is a full family annihilation. The Kyuubi wanted to wipe his entire clan off the face of the earth. He must have made a deal with the sound nin. Did he really hate the Uchiha that much to go through this effort?

Itachi had to go to his brother's room so he started to run there. More sound demons started to surround him. In the chaos the maid ran to Sasuke's room.

Itachi is being blocked from going to his brother's aid. Itachi is now just killing the demons that absolutely need to be killed and knocking out the others in a straight line dash to his brother's room. Itachi finally reached his brother's door.

"Sasuke-kun, where are you?" Itachi shouted, looking for his brother. Hoping he is alright.

"You know I am not some defenseless chick like your slut mate. So you don't have to send help to defend me." Sasuke said to Itachi, trying to be all superior.

"Itachi-sama, did not send for me to be here. I became very frightened by the attacking demons, Sasuke-sama. So I came to you, hoping that you would be able to protect me." The omega maid said to Sasuke so that there would not be a conflict between brothers. "Sasuke-sama could you please escort me to safety?"

"Yes, of course." Sasuke loved to get his ego rubbed, so he allowed the maid man to follow him. Itachi felt as if this were just a joke, Sasuke's reaction was extremely comical to him.

"Our father is dead. The entire clan is under attack." the older brother informs him. "I think it's The Kyuubi, but I can't be sure."

The silver haired man's eyes widened in disbelief. "How do you know?"

"You're being paranoid, big brother. Aren't you supposed to wed to his bitch kid?"

The demons that Itachi ran from, finally catches up with him. He continued to fight the demons. Out of the corner of his eyes he saw his little brother just standing there not fighting or even being attacked.

The older wolf used his black flames to wipe out the rest in one stroke. Black flames surrounded his entire body and extended out to kill the demons till there was nothing but ash.

"What are you doing?!" Itachi asked his younger brother.

"I told you that you were paranoid. The sound nin are with me. Orochimaru-san and I are going to destroy this entire useless clan." At the sound of Orochimaru's name Itachi got a slight shock, Orochimaru was an evil demon who is in the ranks of the legendary three. Itachi had the pleasure of meeting him years ago.

"Good boy, Sasuke-chan." Orochimaru said to his brother, he then looked over to Itachi. "Hello Itachi-kun, it's been awhile, hasn't it?"

"Not long enough."

"You're just being mean. You know you miss me." Orochimaru said in a teasing voice.

"Orochimaru what are you doing with my brother!" Itachi snapped and his usual calm voice became harsh.

"I'm making the last surviving Uchiha my little bitch."

"In hell you are."

"You're just sad it isn't you. If you want I can make the both of you my partners."

Itachi was getting sick of the pervert. He immediately attacked Orochimaru, Orochimaru quickly dogged it. Itachi begins to unleash a flurry of blows only to be knocked back. Refusing to stop and let his young brother become the snake man's bitch he unleashed his mangekyou sharingan.

He used it on the maid first, the silver haired man fell to his knees. Orochimaru quickly glanced back to his companion. With that as his diversion Itachi ran toward Orochimaru. Itachi did a finishing blow on Orochimaru, except his body turned into snakes and slithered away.

Itachi was shocked and was thinking of his next move, when he was suddenly hit from behind. The silver haired maid was standing over Itachi's unconscious body. Apparently the maid that Itachi put into a genjutsu was a clone, and the real maid was hiding.

Orochimaru transformed from the snakes back into his body.

"The great Uchiha clan ended in one simple attack. I almost wished they would have put up more of a fight." Orochimaru smirked, pleased with how well this plan was going. The snake took out his sword, placed it against the fallen man's neck and sliced right through.

Sasuke looked away at this, not wanting to see his brother's death. For some reason this hurt more than killing his own father and mother. The world felt black and white now.

Itachi's body is cold as it lays on the blood splattered floor. His limbs in an awkward position. Head split from his body. The necklace that was on Itachi's neck fell off.

"We're through here," Orochimaru ordered. "Let Kisami and the others finish the rest."

A few hours later two men, in black cloaks with red clouds, walked onto the Uchiha Compound, searching for the proof it was over. They discovered that in fact every Uchiha was dead. They entered each room to look for any survivors of this battle. They couldn't find a single one.

The two men enter the room where Itachi's body can be found. Kisame was standing over it, not letting it out of his sight.

"It looks like he struggled the most, un." the blonde man said.

"Yeah." the blue skinned man fighting tears in his eyes. Not knowing why this had to be done, but following orders anyway. He is a part of the Akatsuki after all and their main mission was to the crown. He grabbed the necklace and ring off Itachi's corpse.

"This should be proof enough." not wanting to spend more time with the body of his friend.

Minanto POV

A Few Months Prior

I arrived at an Uchiha Complex for the first time in almost 20 years. Kyuubi allowed me to come only with some guards. He almost never lets us outside the capitol, let alone here. I'm very surprised I'm allowed to be here at all.

He and our son will be staying with the Hyuga Clan while I talk. I think it's so I'm not tempted to ask for asylum with the Uchiha. If they had the heir and me, they could successfully form their coup. I know they have been thinking of doing that for awhile.

The Hyuga's would never want their cousin clan to ever have that much power. Kyuubi knows it's best to keep my son with them while I negotiate this union.

The gates have always felt so large and almost overwhelming. I remember the first time I tried to sneak in the old Uchiha Complex. I chuckle to myself. Kakashi and Iruka glanced over at me, I quickly composed myself. I'm here for business.

"Hello!" I shout at the guards, making their presence known.

That exact second the gates open outward, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto stand there to greet me. It's been a long time since I've seen either of them.

"Mikoto-chan! It's been awhile." all of the other Uchihas around them are surprised with the familiarity I just shared. I guess a lot of them forgot about me. That's okay, it's been a long time.

"It has, Minato-sama." Keeping with the formalities.

I join their group and they lead me to the main house in the center. They've rebuilt this complex very well. It's so similar to the one they had before. I almost forget it's not the same. The whole walk was silent enough for me to get lost in my thoughts here.

We stop by the memorial wall, I pause to think of all the Uchiha I know, of The Uchiha, I know who has died. I can find his name here. 'Death in Battle' is the official reason, I always wondered what it was reported as.

I glance over, noticing one of my guards also seems to be looking mournfully at this plaque, "Did you know someone?"

"A few people, sir." Kakashi seems to not want to say any more… I understand.

"We all know a few people." I just agree. We all just stood in silence in front of the monument for a while. I am very grateful for this silence. Eventually we start moving again.

We finally reach a tea room I've never been in. We talk about our families for a while, catching up on some basic goings ons in each other's lives. It's relaxing just to be around another house for awhile.

"So what is it we owe this pleasure?" the head of the household said, trying to get to the real reason for today. I got snapped out of my fantasy for a while.

"Well if you must be so blunt." I tease them, usually they are so good with formalities. "I'm here to ask about your son, Itachi-san."

"I believe your husband would know about him very well considering his position."

"He does. Here's a little secret: my husband doesn't know everything." I add, trying to use double talk in this room, my guards are still here.

"Hn." He says, waiting for an elaboration.

"I was wondering if your son was single. Not for me of course!" I laugh it off. Not wanting to let them know everything I know just yet. I want to make sure of a few things first.

"He hasn't taken a mate yet. That's public knowledge. We haven't found anyone suitable for the next head of our house."

"That's a pity, but not really what I'm asking."

"To our knowledge Itachi-kun hasn't been with anyone in a few years. He's been very dedicated to his work to your husband." Mikoto said knowing exactly what I was asking.

My next question is directed at her, "Is he kind?"

I can tell she feels the sadness in my voice, she assures me "He is imbued with all great traits of an Uchiha Man."

"Good." I say more to myself.

"I have been hearing rumors about your Clan. I hear you have some big plans coming up and I hope my offer can influence your decision making." I let him know that I know.

"What is your offer?" I can tell he's on high alert now.

"I propose marriage between our two clans. To symbolize the partnership we've had for years. My son is coming of age soon, I believe Itachi-san would be a perfect fit for him."

"Is he… like you?" Mikoto asked, knowing I am an Omega.

"Yes. Don't worry, The Kyuubi Clan's bloodline won't stop with this union." I try to keep it as light hearted as possible. Knowing the Uchiha are territorial more than anything else and wouldn't stop the main houses' bloodline for any union.

"We'll have to get more of the details, but this can be agreeable." Fukaku states. "This could do great things for the Uchiha Clan."