If he was being honest, he would admit that he doesn't know what to think about the situation he's in. One moment he was at Naruto's side fighting some ancient goddess and the next he found himself inside a familiar forest. A place he hasn't been in for years. How he got there he doesn't know.
He's already tried to dispel the genjutsu, if it was one. But he doubts it, if this was the Tsukuyomi he would've sensed it. He sat on the ground. He has both his eyes. Rinnegan in one.
The question was, how did he get there, and when. He doesn't remember getting hit by something. It's like his vision went dark and next thing he knew he was there, on the ground.
He refrains from wandering, he doesn't need to see the branches of the tree that captured the people fighting, and the rest of the world. What good would it do, he can't dispel the technique if Kaguya is still around.
A part of him wonders if the animals of the world were caught as well, he hasn't heard a thing since coming here. Not even the tweeting of birds. It's odd.
As if one que he could hear someone walking to his spot. But that couldn't be, all people should be caught in the Tsukuyomi. But what he's hearing is clearly the walking of a human. Sasuke doesn't move, he doesn't need to alert the person of his location, in the case that it was a Zetsu or something.
What he didn't expect was to come face to face with someone he could barely remember.
Yet the person in front of him was Shisui, he could tell by the chakra. What's going on? And it's not just him, Itachi is right behind him.
He doesn't want to believe it, but it's the truth. He can tell with his eyes. He's not the only one surprised. The two boys, they are younger than him now, look at him expectantly.
"Who are you? I don't remember seeing you before."
What should he say? He can't tell them his real name. They would attack him for sure. But coming up with one wouldn't do him any good either. They would be able to confirm with ease whether he's a real one or not.
Then an idea struck him. If his team was there they would surely yell at him how stupid it was, but as it is he can't do much else.
Hashirama did tell him he looked a lot like Izuna.
"Uchiha Izuna, how dare you not remember me." How hard can it be? He just has love Madara a lot and yell about evil Senju's or something. The rest he can probably bullshit his way out of. Thank goodness Hashirama told him about his past.
"Izuna? Like Madara's little brother?" Itachi blinked a couple times. It likely he was assessing his statement. Sasuke continued his façade.
"You know my brother?"
"I don't know him per se, I've heard of him though." Itachi seemed a little hesitant to talk about him. Obito hasn't gotten to him yet has he? Maybe it's just because of the rumors surrounding the man.
"You're Uchiha right?" Sasuke made sure to narrow his eyes to make it seem like he was assessing them. "Then how do you not know him?"
Now it was time for Shisui to interject. "This might come as a little surprise, but you should've died like 70 years ago."
Sasuke widened his eyes. "70… shit." He lets himself fall back on his butt. It hurt too much for such little impact. He's a ninja for goodness sake.
"How did you come back?" Itachi asked. Sasuke held down his need to sass just a little bit. Couldn't he see that Sasuke didn't have any idea either.
"How should I know? I woke up in a pile of dirt, dug my way out and not much longer I found my way here." That should creep them out. He's a zombie. Be scared. What if they start thinking that other people will come back to life as well. Maybe he should have them barricade the graveyards. That would be hilarious and totally something they should spent their budget on.
"What happened to your eyes? From the stories we heard that Madara stole your eyes for himself." Oh. Right. He forgot about that. Might as well clear that misunderstanding. It would make Madara seem less scary and maybe then they wouldn't go to war at the mere mention of that name. He doubts it though.
"I gave them to him. And you're right. I shouldn't have them… how did I get them?" He looked at his hands. That's what anime characters do right? He doesn't really know. He hasn't watched an anime since he was ten.
"I apologize." Itachi muttered. "Maybe we should take this somewhere else?"
"Where's the clan situated now?" Sasuke takes the opportunity to solidify his act. "Are the Senju gone yet?"
"Uh… how should I say this?" Shisui seemed a little hesitant to answer. He's probably fearing what he might do if he finds out.
"What is it?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes to make himself seem more intimidating.
Shisui took a deep breath. "Not long after your death Madara made peace with Hashirama-sama and founded the Leaf village, where we are situated now."
"Damn Senju! I told Nii-san it was a trap!" Ugh! Sasuke wouldn't say it out loud but he wouldn't want to live in the warring states era either. The genjutsu of Kaguya might make it seem a little cool. At least as long as she wasn't absorbing their chakra/life force. "At least tell me he's dead now."
"They are." Itachi told him. "For quite some time already." Luckily. He wouldn't want to live in a village with that puppy of a Hokage or that grump of a Hokage. Not that he likes the third. Naruto's dad is pretty cool though.
"Good. Is that bastard Tobirama dead yet?" He tried to make his eyes sparkle. He didn't know if it worked. He never got to master that genjutsu. Even Naruto could do it.
"Yes, he is."
"Darn it!"
Itachi blinked. "I thought you would be happy?"
"You think? Of course not. I should've been the one to kill him! To twist his intestines as he continues to cough up blood. And then I would cut off his toes one by one. And then…" To tell the truth this was actually part of his torture plans for Danzo. Not that he could tell these guys.
"You don't like the guy."
Wow. Way to state the obvious. "Like hell I don't! He fucking killed me!"
"I thought Madara killed you, after he took your eyes?" Shisui muttered but Sasuke could hear him clearly.
"How dare you think that?" That's actually pretty rude. "That's not what happened at all, that bastard Tobirama used that stupid teleportation jutsu of his and cut me down. Then as I was dying I gifted my eyes to Madara." Such a noble sacrifice. Like hell it was!
"I apologize for the misunderstanding. But we might have to go now. My father is clan head you see."
"Just like mine. Fucking asshole that he was." Sasuke crossed his arms. From what he heard both the Hokages' parents and Madara's father were absolute shit parents. Even his own father was a bit better than that.
"Right. Please follow us."
Sasuke had to admit, it's difficult to act impressed with anything you've seen a thousand times before. He had to try his hardest to make it seem genuine. The kids kept looking at him, of course they would, he's a stranger and they don't know if they can trust him yet.
Sasuke thought he was putting up a pretty good act. He knows he's not the best actor, usually his emotions prevent him from being convincing, but as it stands his emotions would coincide with what the real Izuna would feel, making the act a lot easier than it should've been.
It's not much longer that they arrived in front of the main house of the Uchiha district, not that Sasuke should know that. He's guided inside, Itachi requests a formal meeting with his father. His little self is nowhere to be found, which is a relief, the longer it takes for them to see the similarities the better. They sit down in the living room.
"Who is this stranger you've brought in my home?" Sasuke sat in front of his father as his father is staring him down. He doesn't notice any recognition in his eyes. Which works in his favor for now but on the other hand makes him a little disappointed that his own parents don't recognize him.
"We found him in the forest, he claims to be Uchiha Izuna." Itachi explains with outmost formality. It hurts Sasuke a little to watch.
"Is that true?" Fugaku stares him down.
Sasuke made sure to scoff. "Of course. Why should I lie to my own family?"
"Is there anything you can do to prove your claim?"
"I can reveal a shit ton of clan secrets if that's what you want?" He really could, the only problem being that he doesn't know which ones are time appropriate.
"You do look a lot like the portraits left behind." A pure coincidence really.
"Of course, I do."
"Then how is it that you are here, alive, and with eyes?" Well if he knew he would have told you wouldn't he.
"That's exactly my question. I dug myself out of my own grave, next thing I know I'm here." He couldn't really tell them about Kaguya. Some part of him had a feeling that there might be a Zetsu within the clan.
"You do agree that is highly suspicious?" Sasuke snorted.
"I do but I can't say anything else as it is the truth."
"Then what's up with that left eye of yours?"
"Pardon me? Is there something strange about it?" He is handed a mirror. Sasuke looked himself over, he's still as handsome as ever. But he wills himself to act surprised at the look of his rinnegan. "What is this?"
"I guessing you didn't notice it?" Somehow Fugaku's tone softens. It annoyed Sasuke to no end.
"Not at all. Do you know what this eye is?"
"I don't. Never heard of a doujutsu that looks like that." Really? Jiraiya must have talked about it at some point. Sasuke guesses that his father might have been left out of the conversation. It's even probable that he wasn't even clan head back then.
"Well that makes things a shit ton more difficult." Sasuke had let himself loose a little here to make the differences between himself and his Izuna act appear a bit bigger, it's impersonation 101. But he completely forgot what his parents would say to such words.
"Would you please mind your language."
"Fuck no." Sasuke is so not going to do that.
"Are there any questions you want to ask?"
"Can I have something to eat, I'm starving." He hasn't eaten since the start of the war. Which was days/hours ago. He's hungry.
"I'm sure we could get you something. Anything else?"
"Names." He stated. The others look at him strangely. "You know my name, I don't know yours."
"Uchiha Fugaku, this is my son Itachi, and his friend Shisui." Not that he didn't know that already.
"Nice to meet you." His tone wasn't as polite as it probably should have been. But fuck it. He doesn't care.
"I suppose we have to bring this to the Hokage." Shisui said.
"The what?" Sasuke knew this was coming but he had hoped it could have taken a couple days.
"Hokage, the leader of the village." Sasuke made sure to snort at the name. It is a little ridiculous.
"Of fucking course."
"That would be a wise decision." Fugaku agrees. Huh. Maybe they still are on good terms then.
"And who is this Hokage person?" Sasuke makes sure to ask.
"Currently it's the Third, Sarutobi Hiruzen."
Sasuke visibly cringed. "Sarutobi…"
"Problem?"
"They always liked sucking up to those blasted Senju a little too much." He might not have lived in this that time period, but he knew his history. He was first in the class for a reason.
"Get over it."
"Like hell I can! They killed me and my siblings, how in the world should I just get over it?" The real Izuna sure wouldn't.
"The clan already has."
"Good for them." Sasuke grumped a little bit. "And who might those other Hokage have been."
"You might not like what I have to say, but the first two were the Senju brothers."
"Fucking tricksters." He doesn't like them and so did Izuna. It makes the act all the easier.
"And the fourth was Namikaze Minato." Shisui added for hopefully a better reaction.
"That doesn't sound familiar."
"I suppose it wouldn't. He was an orphan."
"That's surprising." It's very rare for an orphan to reach such status in a world that mostly dependent on lineages. "What in the world happened to him?"
"He died during the Kyuubi attack six years ago." So, his younger self should be around six years old. Then he has traveled around eleven years back. He can work with that.
"You were attacked by the Kyuubi?" Sasuke made himself look impressed. "It's surprising the village is still standing."
"We got our ways of dealing with them."
"What even caused him to attack in the first place, he doesn't really go out of his way to do such things." It's better for them to get such doubts early. It will soften the blow when they find out the truth.
"If only we knew."
It didn't take long for a meeting with the Hokage to be organized. His father, former father, just had to request an emergency meeting and before they knew it they were allowed inside. The good thing is that Sasuke doesn't even need to hide his disgust for the man. The real Izuna would've been just as disgusted, heh. He picked a good alias.
"Hokage-sama we have requested this meeting because one of our clan members came back to life." Fugaku explained to the leader of the village who was eyeing Sasuke.
"Back from the dead. I suppose you're talking about the young man with you."
"Who else?" Sasuke scoffed. Is this man stupid or does he see something he can't? Unlikely, Sasuke has the special eyes, that man doesn't.
"Pardon him, he seems to lack a filter on his mouth." Fugaku sighed. He really doesn't seem to want to deal with Sasuke's antics. Which is fine by him.
"I have one, I just choose not to use it." He heard someone say something like that before and in a stroke of genius he decided to plagiarize it. I mean you can copy everything if it doesn't exist yet.
"And who might you be young man?" The hokage asked him. Sasuke doesn't feel the need to answer.
"This is Uchiha Izuna, the younger brother of Madara." Fugaku explained after seeing that Sasuke isn't taking the initiative.
"Izuna-kun."
"That's me." Sasuke raised his hand like he was some school child when the teacher is taking attendance.
"And what are you planning to do now?" The hokage asked him.
"Me?" Sasuke had to think for a bit. He didn't think that far ahead yet. "Dunno, something I suppose. Maybe find a way to bring Tobirama back from the dead just to torture him." Even if he's not really Izuna he would actually love to do that. But something tells him Naruto would disapprove.
"That could be one way to spend your time. However, I have a better suggestion." Sasuke raised his eyebrow. The man seriously isn't going to do that, is he?
"What is it, old man." Sasuke raised his eyebrow to make the act more convincing.
"Please address me with some respect."
"Once you've earned it." Damn right. He never understood the whole thing of respecting your elders. Most of them were assholes that liked to take advantage of that supposed respect. As if being older gives you the right to command the people around you.
"You could become a ninja here and work for the village." The man really did suggest that.
Sasuke had to think for a bit. A part of him would really like to run off and live the rogue ninja life again but that would bring forth some consequences he'd rather not deal with right now. "I'd like to settle in first."
"Of course. Then how about repeating that conversation in a week." He could do that.
"I can handle that."
"Good. Then I shall handle the paperwork."
"You sure you can handle that?" Sasuke has heard the tales of the torture that's paperwork. People all around him used to complain about it a lot.
"I have for nearly 30 years."
"Impressive. Nii-san fell over after half an hour." Not that he would know that. But again it makes Madara seem a little more human which is a win in his book.
So, yes another story. Don't worry I haven't abandoned anything. This is just something I found in my folders. I gave it a quick edit and decided to post it. I might post more fanfiction which I have made but never posted. There are a lot. Some Naruto, a lot of Danganronpa and a couple of other fandoms.
This story came about when I read a story in which they confused Izuna and Sasuke so I thought why don't they use it to their advantage.