Invading Darkness
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, it's characters of anything else you recognize from the series. I don't make money out of this either, so that's it.
THE SETTING: Okay, I obviously forgot to state this in my first chapter. This is happening after the current timeline. Sasuke has eventually been brought back to Konoha(the Leaf). More details about this will probably be given within the story.
Currently, I've read up to chapter 253 and I respect what happened in them. When new chapters come out, I'll probably go with them, unless it negates something that I did/said or planned…in that case, I'll put a note in the newest chapter saying in turned AU and why exactly.
Naruto and the others are about 15-16 years old. (So Itachi is 20-21 years old, if I'm not mistaking)
Son of Darkness:Thanks a lot! I'll try to keep it as good, though I may not always be bale to update as frequently. I'll try my best however. I did try to do something that hadn't been done too often…and looks like I made it. YAY! As for the Mangekyou…I imagine you mean to bring it in relation to the demons, right? Well, you'll see…okay, I admit I haven't thought much about it, but I will now that you mentioned it. lol
Chapter 2
The sun's first rays of light were starting to shine upon the waking village of the Leaf as Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto sat near the great doors that marked the exit of that very village. Sakura stood near the door, looking impatiently around, while Naruto sat on the ground and Sasuke leaned on the wall beside the large wooden door.
Naruto let out a long and loud yawn and let himself fall backwards, laying on the ground. Sakura looked at him absently, not having the heart to really disapprove of his behaviour since she felt like doing the same. Her gaze traveled away from the blond boy to Sasuke. Feeling her gaze upon him, he looked up at her and she simply smiled, trying her best to look natural. Even though it had been two months since he had come back, she was just as happy to see him everyday then she had been the day of his return.
Sasuke looked at her for a few seconds without any perceivable reaction and finally lifted one of the corners of his mouth in a barely visible grin. He did try to be a little nicer to her and the ones who had come for him, but you had to know him to truly see that he was. Sakura was satisfied with his almost invisible reaction. After all, it was the equal of a friendly smile coming from the her friend.
She realized his gaze turned to something behind her and turned to see what it was. All of her earlier frustration came back as she saw their team leader, Kakashi. He was walking slowly towards them and held a hand up to greet them.
"I'm sorry I'm so late. You see, there was this old lady with a…" he began, but stopped as Sakura sent him a death glare.
"We were supposed to leave for the mission 2 hours ago!" Naruto screamed, jumping up on his feet and running towards the jounin.
"It's still good considering how long we've waited some other times." Sasuke stated, staying where he was.
"See. Sasuke is being reasonable." Kakashi said, his smile obvious even with his mask, but stopped when he actually looked towards the teenager in question and saw from his look that it was rather and accusation for the other times than anything else.
"Anyway, we're ready to…"
"Kakashi-san!" someone screamed, interrupting the man in question.
The whole teamed towards the voice, which turned out to be owned by an anbu that was hurrying to them. When he reached Kakashi, he gave him a piece of paper that the silver haired jounin read.
"What? I'm supposed to be replaced for this mission?" he asked out loud.
"Whaaaat!" Naruto exclaimed. "We don't get to do a mission!"
"Hum…No. You go with another jounin." Kakashi said, looking at him and the anbu. "What's going on?"
The anbu stepped closer so he could speak to him without anyone else hearing. Kakashi's visible eye grew wide and he gave a quick glance to Sasuke before turning his gaze back to the anbu.
"Where is he at the moment?"
"The hospital. Under heavy guard." The anbu answered, just loud enough for Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto to hear, though he didn't mean to.
"The hosp…" He shook his head and dismissed his own question with a wave of his hand. "Never mind. Just take them to the jounin they'll work with. I'm going."
With that, Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving the anbu with three teenagers looking suspiciously at him.
Kakashi arrived in front of the room where the nurse had told him he should go. There was an whole anbu team just outside, one standing on each side of the door and the others standing near the opposite wall. The Hokage was also there, speaking to one of them. They seemed somewhat out of place inside the white walls of the hospital and everyone who passed by looked curiously at them.
Tsunade noticed him and went to see him, a very serious look on her face.
"I hoped I could catch you before you left." Tsunade said. "I asked you to come for a few reasons. You're trustworthy, you know him better than most living people…and you're Sasuke's team leader."
"I don't usually trust criminals…" she said, looking at the door beyond which Itachi was. "But something obviously happened and I want to make sure we don't ignore a threat."
"What do you mean?"
"He was wounded to quite an extent. I didn't really believe the story he told me, but I don't see why he would have made it all up either…and he did get seriously wounded."
"His story?"
"Quite a story, yes. Involving demons…and the reason he killed his clan."
"I thought he claimed it was only to test himself?"
"He said he lied." Tsunade said, turning to face the door. "But I think I'll let him tell you all about it."
Sakura gave the anbu a pleading look, while Naruto seemed unsure if he should be happy or horrified and Sasuke gave the anbu a glare. In front of them stood none other than Gai, with his three team members sitting behind him.
"Looks like you're lucky enough to get to do a mission with Gai-sensai!" Rock Lee exclaimed, smiling broadly to Naruto, who seemed to have decided that he was horrified.
"We're the lucky ones for finally getting a break." Tenten let out, looking worn out.
"I think maybe you were better off with the Sound…" Sakura whispered to Sasuke as Gai gave them a thumbs up.
The boy gave no answer, but his look, which wasn't unlike Naruto's, spoke volumes about how much he agreed to her statement. This would be a very long mission.
Inside the hospital room, there was at least two more teams of anbu. A woman from the Hyuuga clan was standing near the bed, looking at him. Nevertheless, he didn't really do more than notice her. His attention was more on the young man sitting in the bed, also looking at him.
Itachi was in a sitting position, his back supported by a few pillows. He seemed bruised all over and had many bandages. He was also connected to a bag of fluids that were injected in his arm and to a monitor. One of his wrists was cuffed to the bed, but Kakashi doubt it would really stop him if he wanted to escape. The young man looked tired and somewhat pale, but his eyes were as emotionless as ever.
As much as Kakashi hated the young criminal and wished him to suffer, he was still shocked by the sight.
"Hn." Itachi let out as a greeting in a manner that reminded Kakashi of Sasuke too much than to his liking.
The Hyuuga woman nodded to the Hokage, who turned to Itachi.
"I want you to tell the whole story again." She ordered him.
"Why do we even have to listen to a story from him? He's a traitor and a murderer." Kakashi let out, his anger showing in his voice more than he had wanted to.
"Kakashi, please listen to the story." Tsunade ordered, somewhat angered by the two men. "Uchiha, just tell the damn story."
"Why do you ask me to repeat a story that you know no one will believe?" Itachi asked her in a somewhat tired manner.
"Just tell him." She ordered in a stricter voice and he did, knowing there wasn't really any way out of it unless he got away physically.
"So, what you're telling me is that some demons wanted to gain more power through your clan, but if they did they'd probably destroy the world or at least a good part of it. So you decided to kill them all, but didn't kill Sasuke or yourself for some reason you don't want to say." Kakashi resumed.
"I don't know why, but there's a lot of them, this time. Maybe they found another source of power, though they probably won't refuse a sharingan user if they can get one." Itachi went on, ignoring Kakashi completely.
"So, in the end, you did what you did for nothing." Kakashi said with venom in his voice.
Itachi looked at him silently while the Hyuuga shifted, looking somewhat disturbed.
"Yes, Kakashi. You're right." Itachi said, no remorse apparent in his voice.
"Many believe the Sharingan originated from the Bakyugan or from a similar source, but it's not true." He added to the information he had already given, surprising even Tsunade and ignoring what had just been said.
"You know more than what you say." The Hyuuga declared.
"Yes. I know more about this and about those demons, but I'm not saying anything else."
"What!" Tsunade asked angrily.
"I'll say all that I know if you accept to make an alliance against them." He sated, raising his voice, wincing in pain immediately afterwards.
"You want to fight with us? What do you want from us in exchange for that alliance?" Tsunade asked, feeling as if she was negotiating with another Kage over a peace treaty.
"I can't fight them alone. You don't have any knowledge to fight them. An alliance is beneficial for all of us." He said stoically, though he was beginning to seem tired.
"What about the Akatsuki?" the Hokage wondered.
"That's more information, Hokage-sama." Itachi replied stubbornly.
"Why would we want more information. If we don't believe you, we don't want any." Kakashi said, turning his back on Itachi as if to leave the room.
"Kakashi…" Itachi said, getting the older ninja to face him again.
Kakashi realized he had been careless when he found himself looking directly into the Mangekyou Sharingan. Tsunade and the other occupants of the room reacted as fast as possible, but even their small reaction time was enough for Itachi to do what he wanted.
Kakashi suddenly found himself in a forest, unable to move, and suddenly, something dropped in front of him. Its body mainly looked like a human's, but it had black spikes coming out of its spine and a, lizard-like, thin tail made of the same weird flesh, also abhorring spikes. It stood on the toes of it's black spiky feet like a feline and barbs came out of the bones of its legs. As for its hands, they looked human except for the claws on the tip of each fingers. It's head also looked human in its general shape, but small spikes marked the limit of it's jet black hair on its forehead and it's eyes were completely black.
(Author's Note: If you'd like to, you can see the image that inspired me. The address is at the end of the chapter)
It looked at him with his eyes shinning like a cat's and then attacked him. As its claws were only inches from his face, he found himself back in the hospital.
He looked around and Tsunade's fist only inches from Itachi's face as the younger man closed his eyes and re-opened them, revealing the black pools that were his eyes without the activated Sharingan.
"That was one of the weakest of them." He said, looking about to faint from exhaustion. "You'll probably see some soon enough."
With that, he let his head rest on the wall behind him and seemed to be slightly out of breath.
"We'll consider everything, but until further notice, you're our prisoner." Tsunade told Itachi. "And if you do something like this again, you'll be in trouble…unless you die from overtiredness." She added before leaving, followed by Kakashi and the Hyuuga.
More of Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto next time…they're important in the story too. I'm just kind of slow to begin. GOMEN!
Considering the story of why he killed his clan, if you didn't get it, here it is:
1-There were some demons that wanted more power…and the Uchiha clan had something that could give them some (the Sharingan and the powers related to it)
2-If they got the power of the Uchiha clan, they become pretty much unstoppable
3-Itachi killed them all to prevent all that from happening
4-Nothing else has been revealed yet…he hasn't even really said how/why he decided to kill them
Hope this helped! There'll be more info as the story goes on…more action coming soon. Just got to get started.
Here's the image that inspired me fore the demon. It isn't fitting for kids though, the "character" on it isn't wearing anything, but everything's pretty well hidden…I don't like hentai (porno), so if I like that picture it ain't showing much! However, since this site will probably consider this too much, I'm putting a warning to protect myself.
Just take away the parenthesises: http:(/)(/)fantasygallery(.)net(/)cleavenger(/)art1(.)html
