"So Itachi, I'm rather tired from my training while you're perfectly rested. Never mind the fact that currently me at my absolute best doesn't have a chance against you after one of Baa-Chan's three day sake binges."

"As entertaining as that is Naruto-Kun I believe you're misunderstanding. When you left on your little training trip Jiraiya-Sama must have let you know Akatsuki is moving in two years time. You are in no danger as I have no intention of combat. I ran into you as I was going to an old uchiha hideout around forty five minutes into your little forest here."

"Oh." Naruto said, surprisingly downcast for a man who just avoided certain death. Was he not good enough for Itachi to hunt him anymore, did everyone always see him as worthless?

"I have a proposition for you Naruto-Kun. As you know I like strong opponents, how about I train you for the two years that I won't be in contact with the rest of akatsuki? If I bring you up to a sufficient level then I'll enjoy my time much more."

Naruto froze; Itachi Uchiha, famed S rank criminal known for killing his clan in one night, the one the teme left the village to ultimately kill, saw enough potential in him that he may one day provide a challenging battle?!

"What do you gain out of this Itachi, this seems like a win win for me as now that you've seen me it wouldn't be hard for you to keep tabs on me for the two years Akatsuki needs to capture bjuus while if you train me you give me the chance to overpower you or others in your organization, overruling what you yourself are currently fighting for?"
Itachi suddenly sighed and showed more emotion in both his face and voice than he has on any other time Naruto had seen him, including his ANBU days.

"Naruto-Kun can I just come clean and tell you a secret that I've been keeping for so long I can barely differentiate the fact from the fiction I live in my daily hell that is life? It's not like you could tell anyone for the next two years anyways so I see an opportunity to talk to one of the only people that might be able to understand." Seeing Naruto dumbly nod he continues, "I want to help you. I too know what it feels like to be looked at by the world in a light that is not truthful. I can never escape my plight but maybe back home they'll finally stop seeing the kyuubi brat and see Naruto Uzumaki, the wonderful young man who has shed more blood, sweat, and tears for them than many jounin."

"Itachi stop this shit. What the fuck are you talking about you don't know what it's like to be in my shoes back in Konoha! Back before the massacre you were the golden child! The youngest genin, then chunin, then jounin since Hatake Kakashi. You even made ANBU captain at an age younger than what I currently am. I'm only fourteen yet at my age you had already become either the best or second best ninja in the leaf after the hokage, obviously disregarding the non-present sannin! What could you know about the feel of hatred, the lies they spew when you're three feet away and they think you're too stupid to hear or understand them. The fucking fox hunts where they chase you on your own fucking birthday and come so close to catching you and ending your miserable existence before the bigger than life, weasel faced ANBU with the cool eyes saved your life. I looked up to you you know. You were so young, just five years older than me yet you had the respect of the people. They didn't see you as that one good Uchiha kid, you were Itachi, the best damn thing out of the village since the damn Yondaime himself! I thought if I could model myself after you I could avoid the hateful glares and the insults. You say you know what it's like to live my kind of life when I would've murdered to stand in your shadows!" Naruto screams, voice hoarse at the end with tears leaking down his face. Seeing this Itachi slowly takes off his Akatsuki cloak and drapes it on the ground. He walks up to Naruto and hugs him.

"Thank you," Itachi whispers in his ear sorrowfully, "Thank you for giving me your story to help me better understand. I misspoke when I said my situation was similar to yours when it was not half as bad. Let me tell you my story in repayment for the gift you've given me. Look here Naruto-Kun." Itachi steps away and waits as Naruto stifles the last few sobs, wipes his nose and looks home in the eye. A soft "Kai" is heard as a henge is dropped from Itachi's form. Where the intimidating man once stood a nervous but beautiful woman stood. Standing at five foot seven just two inches taller than Naruto the female Itachi was certainly the most beautiful woman Naruto had seen in his young life. Her hair was long, black and glossy, reaching down to just above her perfect heart-shaped bottom. Looking from the ground up one would see her shapely legs slowly and painfully leading up to her wide hips topped off with a thin waist, a prime example of the coveted hourglass figure Naruto had heard Ino and Sakura talk about back in the academy. Her flat stomach seemed made for caressing up to her large and surprisingly perky breasts. They stood at a proud D-cup, which Naruto sadly realizes was the one thing Jiraiya really ingrained into his head, appreciation of beautiful women.

"This is the real me Naruto-Kun, my real name is Izumi. When I was born I was raised as a normal and happy little girl by mother Mikoto, my so-called-father, Fugaku, was never one to care about family just the clan, but when I turned four he decided it was time for my ninja studies. He saw the way I seemed to soak everything that was taught to me, only needing an explanation once or twice before I could adequately perform the manoeuver. He realized that any other children he may have would not have as much potential for power as I had so he decided he wanted me to be the clan heir. The Uchiha are a patriarchal clan so that means to the eyes of the world I had to be a man when in fact I was just a little girl trying her best to do her best to make daddy proud like mommy said I should. Now obviously this shouldn't have worked, how can a baby just switch genders to the eyes of the village? Fugaku was saved by the old Uchiha law stating only the immediate family would know about an Uchiha baby until it turned five. This came from the warring clan times when a child would be seen as weak if it didn't survive until its fifth year, and Uchihas made very certain that they were never seen as weak. So knowing this my father had a year to shape me into becoming the ultimate male clan heir. During this year period my mother gave birth to little Sasuke-Chan, if it wasn't for him and my mother I would have been insane long ago. They were my escape from the lie my father forced me to live, around my mother I could be her little girl and with Sasuke I could be the doting big sister I always wanted to be. By the time I was eleven I was a well respected chunin in Konoha and was Fugaku's pride and joy. Around this time I started getting my period. Before this it was pretty easy to fake being a boy, just lower my voice a bit and emulate Fugaku whenever I was outside the sanctuary of my house. Now what with me hitting puberty and developing more feminine assets my father wove and taught me a strong henge, a little weaker than Tsunade-Sama's but close to unbreakable as it is. At home it was different, I went without the henge and felt free. In the eyes of all outside our little house I was Itachi, the cold blooded ruthless Uchiha project who was on his was to becoming the most dangerous Uchiha since Madara himself. In reality I was a depressed little girl, I had to deny everything about my lifestyle and personality in order for me to follow Fugaku's little dreams. I couldn't play with dolls because what if someone visited our house and saw a doll I had laying around, I couldn't wear the pretty dresses or try on makeup, I couldn't flirt with the boys or have bitchy fights with my girlfriends and that was honestly what I craved, just a normal female life. My one lifeline was Mother and Sasuke, around them I didn't need to hide who I was. I could be the kind and loving little girl I had to suppress at the urge of my father. This all changed when I was twelve and a half, Fugaku had started to train Sasuke and indoctrinate him in his own mindset and belief of Uchiha superiority. You must be wondering why I call Mikoto mother while I have refused to call Fugaku Father. It is for many reasons, like the ones I have told you before but why I truly can't see him as my father is because of what occurred around this time. My mother was the only child of the previous Uchiha head and was an average jounin of the village, a fearsome opponent when with the sharingan but my father never loved her. He was from a rich family who had an arranged marriage drawn up between them. Fugaku only respected strength so while Mikoto could suffice being a jounin when he realized his own daughter, the ANBU captain, had reached a potentially child bearing age he completely changed. He started muttering about how Mikoto wasn't strong enough to bear his seed and he needed a stronger wife like me. After months of this I alerted Hokage-Sama about the revolt Fugaku was about to lead against the leaf, my orders from him and the elder council was to pick a date and have the non-traitorous Uchiha and all the children at a safe house away from the compound. When I got back to the compound after that meeting a guard told me that Fugaku had called a meeting. I walked into the elders council and there stood my father just sitting with the elders with the cooling body of mother beside them. He said, "Now Izumi-Chan I have told the elders about your gender predicament and they gave me a great idea! Slay weak Mikoto and have you birth the new heir. Now come and bend over me and the elders are waiting for you to be ready for us." When I realized what happened I just froze. My eyes shifted to the mangekyou state I had unlocked from when my only friend Shisu committed suicide after Danzo attacked him. My mother was dead and it was only because my father and six old men wanted to rape and impregnate me. My mother, the kindest and most wonderful woman in the world was dead because of my clans insistence upon power and superiority. I lost it then, it's my biggest shame. I used the heavenly flames of amaterasu to try and cleanse my clans sins but it wasn't enough by the time I realized what I was doing the whole Uchiha command compound was dead aside from me and a masked Uchiha man. He told me he had been watching the his old clan, the Uchiha fall further and further into disrepair when I started to kill the elders. He said he killed all of the other Uchiha and asked me to join his group. He said his name was Madara Uchiha and he formally invited me to Akatsuki. I saw him faze out of existence as Sasuke finally got home from his detention from the academy, The only reason my precious little brother wasn't killed by Madara that fateful night was because you framed him in one of your pranks and got a detention so for that I am eternally grateful. He was looking up at me crying and screaming why, my heart just broke. I froze and told him I wanted to test myself and for him to get strong enough to kill me. I realized that my life was barely worth living. My loving mother was dead, I had killed my own father and all of the clan elders and I would be blamed for the murder of the entire clan as well. I thought my only chance at living a fulfilling life would be to become an informant on this Madara and eventually get Sasuke to seek to end my life. I've wanted my life to end by Sasuke's hand for a while now, it's my only true way to forgive myself for my sins. If Sasuke dreams of killing me I thought he'd look to become stronger on the behalf of the former clan and for Konohagakure itself. I see that I've failed in that regard so now I hope killing me would bring Sasuke back to the leaf and back to the tender loving child I remember him as. Hopefully if I do this I may see my mother again, and maybe she might eventually be proud of the woman I become." Naruto stared at the figure of Izumi stooped over and bawling her eyes out, he walked up to her and gave her a big hug like she had given him moments earlier.

"It's ok Izumi-Chan, it's a harsh story and I thank you for sharing it with me. I must say I overreacted earlier and can easily say your life is more messed up than mine is. But just like you were there for me at the fox hunts, protecting me from the villagers I will be here, protecting you by giving you a shoulder to cry on when it all gets to be too much. I understand how it feels when you believe the whole world is just set up to destroy you and everything you hold dear. I would gladly receive your help for the next two years and hopefully I could become your friend, the first person to see Izumi Uchiha, the beautiful woman and kind soul you are. Come on, I'll take you to the hideout you mentioned and we'll both have some time to calm down." Izumi nodded but still clung to Naruto craving the support this young man was giving her, the first emotional support she had in many years. 'Shit why can't I get the feel of her chest off my mind? Stupid fucking Ero-Sennin making me a pervert this girl is crying her heart out and all I can think of is her killer figure.' As the two walked into the forest both were extremely red faced, one from the exertion from her crying and one from embarrassment about the bountiful breasts pressed against him.