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SLASH
Naruto saw Itachi slashing his parents. It was a Clone but it had still hidden its presence perfectly. He learned from the best.
"AHHHH," yelled Naruto as he woke up. He looked at his surroundings. He was in a hospital. He removed the needle in his arm and stood up.
Naruto expected his legs to give him up but surprisingly they didn't. Infact, he was perfectly healthy. But he got used up all of his Chakra to get out of Itachi's strong Genjutsu so why? Did a long time pass?
He looked at the calendar that was sitting nearby and he noticed that only two days had passed. Two days were no way near enough to regenerate.
'I guess I can't ignore it anymore,' thought Naruto as he held his stomach.
xXxXx
After it was known that Naruto had woken up in full health, Hiruzen, the Third Hokage summoned him to his office.
Naruto gave a full report on what happened while he held Shisui's Tanto in his small hand.
Hiruzen nodded. "Naruto, tell me how you feel," he said in a quiet voice.
"I'm doing just fine," said Naruto with a smile on his face. A smile Hiruzen could very well see was fake.
"Come here," said Hiruzen with a soft smile on his face as he tapped his lap.
Naruto ran at him with tears in his eyes. "How sniff do you think sniff I am feeling?" he cried as he hugged Hiruzen. "I lost my best friend, my idol to my big brother! Then I witnessed the same big brother slashing my parents! My whole clan!"
Naruto continued wiping his tears and snot on Hiruzen's clothes while he rubbed Naruto's head.
"I'm sorry for your loss, young Naruto. I can't even begin to imagine what you are going through," said Hiruzen as he held Naruto tightly.
Naruto took a bit until he calmed down, and he continued. "Can I keep talking, lord Third?" asked Naruto with a frail voice.
"Of course! And don't call me lord third,"
"Thank you, Jiji!" said Naruto as those words hit Hiruzen like a poisoned sword. "Since you are the Hokage, I imagine you know almost all of the stuff that happens in the village," said Naruto as Hiruzen nodded.
He was curious about what point Naruto was trying to make.
"You see before this, I was someone who ignored everything that bothered me and focused on my loved ones. Mom, Itachi, and Shisui. My clansmen called me a demon or whatever and I could feel this blanket of their hatred of me washing me. I never investigated the why and just ignored it.
After Shisui's death, I was even more motivated to train. Now normally, I could only make about 100 to 200 Shadow Clones but this time I managed to draw on some other Chakra and made 700 Clones," explained Naruto as Hiruzen listened carefully.
'Did he figure it out?!'
"Guess what I did. I gave no thought over it and continued my thing. Then when I confronted Itachi in his... he caught me under a strangely powerful Genjutsu. To get out of it I drew over all of my Chakra to break it but it wasn't enough. Then I thought about this secondary Chakra I somehow had and tapped into it. Using that I somehow managed to break the Genjutsu. I think my unnatural regeneration rate is also a result of this secondary Chakra," finished Naruto.
"I see. What do you think this... 'secondary' Chakra is?"
"Most likely the Kyuubi," said Naruto as if it was the most natural thing to say causing Hiruzen to spit.
"I mean Itachi forced me to read a lot of stuff. Bijuu were one of them. In the history books of the academy, we are taught that the Fourth Hokage killed the Kyuubi but that is impossible as I'm sure you know too. My birthday is the same as the night that the Kyuubi disappeared so I think they must be linked,"
Hiruzen sighed. "You've done a good job of figuring it out. Didn't you whiskers give that away?" he asked giving up any way of convincing Naruto otherwise.
Naruto gave him a questioning look. "Whiskers?"
"Yea your whiskers. Here, look" said Hiruzen as he grabbed a mirror from one of his drawers in his desk.
Naruto looked at his face as he saw three whiskers on each cheek. Whiskers that weren't there before. He touched them and realized they were real.
"So I'm right?"
Hiruzen nodded. "You are taking this surprisingly well,"
"Well, how else should I react? Sure Kyuubi is sealed inside of me but it can't influence me in any way. It can't interrupt with my goal,"
"Ho? And what is your goal?"
"Get stronger. When I am strong I will get all the answers to my question,"
"Maybe I could answer those questions,"
"hmm... very well then. Why did Itachi massacre the clan?"
The question yet again caused Hiruzen to spit.
"I know what they say. Something about Itachi doing that to test his strength but I don't buy it. Underneath of the underneath. Itachi loved the village the most. He would do anything for it. Heck, no one knows about this but his goal was to become Hokage!" said Naruto.
'Ah, Itachi. You have sacrificed everything for this village. For that, I thank you with my whole heart,' thought Hiruzen.
"I know Itachi, after Shisui's death, would try to shoulder all the hatred alone. That includes making me hate him and killing the clan. I don't what the clan did to make Itachi do this but I know they did something to threaten the village. I believe in my big brother."
Hiruzen just smiled at this and then let out a cough."Could I take a look at your seal?" asked Hiruzen to which Naruto nodded.
Naruto raised his shirt revealing his stomach and soon after a tattoo was shown. Kyuubi's seal. Hiruzen held his chin in thought as he told Naruto that he was done.
"What do you think?" asked Naruto curiously.
"Hmm. The seal was tightly closed until anger started affecting you. The seal loosened and allowed you to gain access to its Chakra," explained Hiruzen as Naruto nodded.
"Can we close it up again? I don't plan on using its Chakra anytime soon," Hiruzen shook his head.
"You need the key for that and I don't have it right now. Neither do you,"
"Who does then?
"That would be Jiraiya of the Sannin,"
"Ohh! Can I talk to him?"
"It will be hard. For now, just don't try using its Chakra as it is extremely toxic and poisonous,"
"Wasn't planning to. There is something strange though. Ever since the seal loosened, I can feel my Chakra reserves growing and my Chakra Control worsening," said Naruto in a concerned tone.
"That's an effect of the seal. It takes Kyuubi's Chakra and adds it to your own reserves. Chakra control worsening might be a side effect," explained Hiruzen as Naruto sighed.
"I don't need more Chakra if it's going to worsen my control but since there is no other way around it... I'll gain better control faster than the Kyuubi worsens it. You know the Shadow Clones' secret, Dontcha?"
That sent chills over Hiruzen's spine. Who knew what kind of monster Naruto would become. The potential...
Naruto then stood up as he felt better letting that all out.
"You think I could graduate early?" asked Naruto.
"What makes you think you are ready?"
"hmm maybe because I have great knowledge, I can create 700 Clones, manipulation over four elements, Taijutsu, and have great physical prowess? Then there is this..." said Naruto as he activated his three tomoe Sharingan.
'That is impressive. Itachi and Shisui have taught him well. Such an amount of abilities and a holder of an overpowered bloodline... but the academy will help him to create bonds,' thought Hiruzen as he smiled. "Early graduation is banned ever since Itachi,"
Naruto deadpanned. "I see. What happens to the clan district?"
"Well, you will naturally inherit everything. Everything that belonged to the clan now belongs to you. The district is all cleaned up now,"
Naruto smirked. "Perfect. I better not see anyone wander around the district. I will have Clones guard the district so that you know,"
Hiruzen nodded. "See ya, Jiji!" said Naruto as he headed out. He went to his old home. The place where he saw his parents die.
His face was saddened when yet again he remembered his mother. Tears started building up yet again but Naruto held them back. From what he had seen, his parents had accepted that and let Itachi kill them. 'Crying again might just insult them,' thought Naruto as he formed a fist.
Naruto then visited the library. Everything that the Uchiha had recorded over hundreds of years was now under Naruto's possession.
He saw multiple categories in the library. What interested him the most? Chakra control, Sharingan mastery, Taijutsu, Fuinjutsu, and Kenjutsu. He would also finally master the unique Jutsu he got from Itachi and Shisui. The crow summoning.
With that, he would improve in what he already knew which were the four elemental Manipulation, Shunshin no Jutsu, and Genjutsu. And finally, he would learn the last element Manipulation. Earth Release.
That was all he had planned for the next few years. How did he plan on doing that? Well, with Shadow Clones of course. A thousand clones to be specific. A hundred would roam around the clan district and guard it.
Kyuubi might have some influence over his life now... "But I'll become even stronger than the Kyuubi,"
He didn't want to use Clones to learn Kenjutsu so he planned on sending a Clone to the academy until graduation. It would be as if he was actually there so he didn't mind.
With that, he had everything planned out.
*Flashbacks incoming*
A much younger Naruto was walking through the trees. He was looking for his brother. He wanted to force his brother to teach him something new again.
CLANG
Naruto's ears twitched. "Is that?" asked Naruto quietly as he started walking to where the noise came from. He reached the final tree and behind that tree, a big area could be seen with Itachi in the middle.
He had Kunais in his hands. "Shurikenjutsu? Does he still train Shurikenjutsu? So it isn't all that useless if he's training that," murmured Naruto as he carefully watched.
The eight Kunai that Itachi revealed in between his fingers, threw all of them at the same.
CLANG CLANG
The Kunai hit each other changing their trajectory. Traveling at high speeds. All of the Kunai hit their targets. Targets that could not be seen as they were hidden behind trees.
"Amazing!" said Naruto watching with awe.
Itachi looked down at his fist clenching it. "Not yet. I have to be stronger. Achieve strength to make people think twice before attacking me. Achieve strength to become Hokage," he said to himself thinking no one would hear him.
Naruto was amazed at the goals his big brother was aiming for. He let his concentration slip and made a quiet noise that didn't escape Itachi's ears.
"Who's there?" asked Itachi in his usual stoic voice whilst holding a Kunai. Such a powerful voice that even without killing intent made Naruto shiver.
"It's me Itachi-oniisan," said Naruto with his hands in the air as he came out of the bushes he was hiding in.
"Ah it's you, little brother," said Itachi as he put his Kunai back in his pouch. Itachi didn't think anyone came into this area so he wasn't watching out for any spies. Naruto's Chakra was also still low to make Itachi's senses scream.
"Did you hear anything?" asked Itachi.
"hear what?" asked Naruto innocently to which Itachi only sighed. "Oniisan you are so good at Shurikenjutsu!" said Naruto in awe.
Itachi's eyes widened slightly. "You're not bad yourself little brother and you aren't even four yet," said Itachi ruffling Naruto's hair.
"hehe, I'll have to get better too,"
"That's right. How about we start training on your chakra?" Asked Itachi as Naruto started jumping in excitement.
"Really?! HAI!" basically yelled Naruto. He wanted to start Chakra training long before but Itachi didn't let him. He insisted on small physical training and Shurikenjutsu.
xXxXx
CLASH
An older Naruto was in a spar with Shisui.
There was a distance between the two. Naruto had a serious look on his face while Shisui was smiling. Naruto rushed at him throwing punches left and right.
Shisui with his ridiculous speed could effortlessly dodge and push those punches away with his finger which infuriated Naruto.
The Taijutsu spar would go on for a long time. Naruto could just barely dodge Shisui's attacks but when attacked, Shisui effortlessly dodged which meant Shisui held back a lot when he attacked.
Out of nowhere, Shisui kicked Naruto in the gut making him fly away. Naruto landed on tree, using his Chakra to stick to it.
The tree to which Naruto stuck to exploded because of Naruto's Chakra as he flew towards Shisui at high speed.
Shisui smiled as he saw that. Naruto had already charged his fist as he aimed for Shisui's smug face.
He only step-sided aiming for a chop at Naruto's neck. Naruto rotated his body trying to block his attack but that failed miserably as Shisui's hand formed into a fist and smashed it into Naruto's face making his body drill into the ground.
"You ok, tomato head?" asked Shisui mockingly.
Naruto stood up with a bruised face that had already started to heal. "I'll get you next time!" said Naruto pointing at him.
"Sure you'll do. Naruto, something up?"
Naruto looked curiously at Shisui who now had a bit more serious face. "Why you ask?"
"Well you seemed a bit out of it during the fight,"
"Nah, it's nothing,"
"you getting bullied in the academy?" asked Shisui jokingly.
Naruto's face cringed. "It's those damn clansmen,"
Shisui lowered his head as he approached Naruto. He rested his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Don't worry about them, Naruto. Listen, ignore what anyone else says. You have me and your family. What anyone else says is pointless,"
Naruto's eyes widened. He quickly grabbed Shisui in a hug. "Thank you!" said Naruto as he rubbed his nose in Shisui's shirt.
"Y-you... you didn't!" said Shisui as he let go of Naruto.
Naruto started laughing as he started running away.
"Naruto!" yelled Shisui as he started chasing Naruto.
*end of flashbacks*
A couple of years pass and Naruto is about to graduate. About five years. Five years of continuous training.
He hadn't attended the academy even for a single day, having sent a clone to do it for him. Naruto wanted to train physically so he wasn't slow or weak. It definitely paid out.
The first few years were hard. Getting over his loss... truly was no easy feat. The only thing that kept him going was Shikamaru, Choji, and his goal for answers.
While he didn't tell Shikamaru and Choji everything, he told them quite a bit. He only left out the part that Itachi might be innocent.
But for now, all that was unimportant. In the academy, Naruto gave almost his bare minimum to be at the top of the class. No one could hope to challenge him. Be it knowledge or strength, Naruto had it all.
The graduation day. The day every student had been waiting for. Some with goals in mind while others not so.
Iruka and his assistant, Mizuki, stood in front of the class. Naruto felt weird vibes from Mizuki.
People were rarely nice to him and when they were, they, almost every time, wanted something from him. Iruka was nice to him, as was lord Third but Naruto felt the genuine feeling from them. While from Mizuki, he only felt weird.
Naruto however never acted on it. The first part of the test was a writing test.
Iruka and Mizuki handed out the papers to everyone and it began.
Naruto read all the questions and didn't feel challenged. This was something he already knew when he was seven. So, he completed the paper and went out of the classroom.
He sighed. "Five years," he said as he looked down at his fist clenching it. "Anyone who stays in my way... will get slashed," said Naruto as he felt the tantō strapped on his back.
Naruto changed his outfit. He now wore a high-collared, dark-colored outfit along with a tantō strapped to the right side of the back of his shoulder. He also wore a harness for his tantō which ran across his chest and fastened over both his shoulders.
His spiky hair remained the same blood-red color same as his violet eyes. The only changes in his face were his whiskers and that he now looked a bit more mature.
*a Few hours later*
Naruto was walking towards the Ichiraku ramen stand. He had been there countless times.
The Uchiha was in an unusually happy mood. His forehead wasn't visible anymore due to his forehead protector. Proof that he finally graduated and was an official Ninja.
He suddenly looked up at the stars as he felt a slight spike in Chakra. Countless Jounin and Chuunin were gathered at the Hokage tower. They formed a group and a much larger Chakra signature stood before them. Naruto guessed that was the Hokage.
'What's going on...?' Naruto was in thought. He checked for Chakra signatures near him as his eyes widened. He could sense someone he knew running away from the village.
"Mizuki..." said Naruto as he disappeared into a flock of crows.
Very soon Naruto reached Mizuki. "Mizuki-San," said Naruto in a quiet yet threatening voice.
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" asked Mizuki while holding tight to a giant scroll.
"That's the Scroll of Sealings, isn't it? You actually betrayed the village..." said Naruto as he grabbed his tantō.
"You are too smart for your own good," said Mizuki as he summoned two large Kunai which he now held with both of his hands.
Naruto was standing on a tree branch above Mizuki.
"I'll make your death quick and painless," said Naruto as he disappeared from Mizuki's eyesight as soon as he threw one of the Kunai.
From Naruto's position, a bunch of crows were summoned as they rushed at Mizuki pecking his head.
CAW
Mizuki tried shooing them away but was too late.
STAB
Suddenly, he saw the tip of a sword go through his heart from behind. The crows flew away as the tip that he saw now drew back.
Mizuki's eyes widened as he fell on his knees and soon after fell down stomach first. He tried reaching for something with his hand but soon it also fell down as he was now lifeless.
"Ahh I'm sorry I promised you a quick and painless one, didn't I?" asked Naruto as he stood over Mizuki while grabbing his head by his hair. "Well, not like you deserved one anyway. Rot in hell,"
xXxXx
"How is a Chuunin stealing such an important scroll?" asked Naruto, almost yelling, as he held on to the scroll that he got back from Mizuki.
Before him, stood the Hokage who could only smile. "Since you took it back, why don't you open it and learn any Jutsu in it,"
"I can?! HAI!" said Naruto excitedly as he quickly opened the scroll. The excited face quickly died down to a disappointed one. "A fake scroll? Does that mean you suspected it to be stolen?"
Hiruzen nodded. "I did have my suspicions of Mizuki but didn't have any proof. Thank you for dealing with him. This was a B-rank mission and you'll get the pay that suits this rank..." said Hiruzen. "But never mind the unimportant details. How are you, Naruto? Taking a life..."
"Ahh Don't worry about that. I'm used to death by now. I've seen hundreds of bodies already. Taking life away with my own hands is different but it was my duty as a Shinobi," explained Naruto as Hiruzens eyes slightly widened until he smiled. "I'll take the money though," said Naruto as the two let out a slight laugh.
xXxXx
Naruto was in a training ground in his clan district. It was the training ground where he had trained for some time now.
He was laying down as he looked up at the beautiful stars. 'I'm pretty strong now. Probably one of the strongest Jounin in the village but that's not enough. Itachi is much stronger...' thought Naruto peacefully as he felt the nature around him. he was still careful of his surrounding so no one could surprise attack him. Or so he thought...
"That was quite the fight, Naruto..."
Now that's a chapter done! It took way too long to finish this haha. Sorry...
I will try to finish them faster but I can't promise much. Going through some stuff and I'm pretty busy but I'll do my best.
Chapter was longer than the previous ones but I will write longer ones too. I wanted to end this here because of the cliffhanger. GUESS WHO THE NEW GUEST IS! I'm sure you won't guess hehe.
Never mind that! What did you think of this chapter? Good? Bad? Tell me your thoughts! Be it positive or negative, I'll be happy to hear them! Works great on motivation too hehehe
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Cya!
