Disclaimer, I can easily say that I do… Not own Naruto or anything else I may mention in this story, there will be absolutely no references to star wars in this chapter, there will however be some pocky in this chapter.

P.S.

Please don't feed the monkeys

A different fox tale

Chapter 3

To massacre, or not to massacre...

Over the next couple days he had begun helping Naruto master his newly acquired bloodline, the blonde boy was doing surprisingly well. But other then that, things where not going well in the Uchiha clan, the pressure began to build until Itachi felt as if he where being crushed by the burden of his duties. Nobody else in the clan could even compare to him, he had even surpassed his father in strength, skill and intelligence. From his point of view, there was no future for the Uchiha clan.

The clan elders believed political power was far more important then the strength of their shinobi, a few elders even claimed the next Hokage should be an Uchiha, by force if necessary. Of course Itachi wasn't supposed to know about their treasonous discussions they held in their secret meeting place; at the main temple of the Nakano shrine, on the far right side, under the seventh tatami mat. Some days he just wanted to kill them all…

But he didn't, even though he hated everything the Uchiha clan currently stood for. He was expected to lead the clan as his father and grandfather had, the same way, the elder's didn't take change well. But he couldn't do that, it would drive him insane, being forced into a position he never wanted and being forced to make the same mistake's his father and grandfather had. He simply could not accept that. Itachi knew he wouldn't be good at leading the masses, he didn't love the clan the way his father did.

Itachi woke up, showered and dressed like usual, ate breakfast with his family like usual, and ignored his annoying little brother like usual. But something unusual happened, or more accurately, something usual didn't happen, and it didn't go unnoticed by his family either, he told Sasuke he was busy and just left without his usual odd show of affection. He had something important to do that day.

A short time later Itachi began to wish he had just stayed in bed "I'm sorry little boy, but the Hokage is a very busy man, if you don't have an appointment then you can't go in" the Hokage's secretary stated in an extremely condescending tone, Itachi hated being spoken to like that. He glared at the older woman and calmly pulled a stick of pocky from his pocket and bit it in half "It is very important that I see the Hokage" the secretary just looked down at him in annoyance "the Hokage is very busy, he is far to important to waste his time playing ninja with a brat like you"

Itachi wasn't an especially bloodthirsty ninja, he actually preferred to avoid killing whenever possible, although he wasn't bothered by killing people, he hadn't reached the point where he enjoyed it, like some of the older ANBU members and Jounin. But he hated being spoken to in condescending tones or being called things like "brat" and he really hated when people claimed he wasn't a real ninja. He bit his pocky again at a certain angle, and glared at the secretary, he very rarely wanted to kill somebody as much as he did right now. But fortunately (for the secretary) the Hokage's doors behind her swung open revealing the old man himself "Is there a problem?" he asked calmly.

Itachi lazily ate the rest of his pocky, as if he hadn't been about to kill somebody with it, then (much to the secretary's shock) saluted in ANBU fashion "No, Hokage-sama" the old man's face brightened a bit, he always had liked the Uchiha boy "Ah, Itachi-kun, please come in, Iv had nothing to do all morning" the Hokage turned around at walked back into his office, Itachi glared coldly at the secretary then followed the Hokage with his chin stuck out arrogantly with an air of superiority about him, he knew he was acting childish, but at the moment he really didn't care.

He dropped the act immediately as he entered the old man's office, he stood before the Hokage's desk and saluted again. The Hokage sighed "Not a social visit then, please take a seat" Itachi nodded and sat "Hokage-sama, several of the Uchiha clan elders have been planning to remove you from the position of Hokage, by force, and replacing you with my father, or possibly myself" The Hokage's eyes widened at this news "but how do they plan to get the villagers and other ninja to follow them?"

"They plan to kill Uzumaki Naruto, they believe that by eliminating the child and the demon inside…" The Hokage's eyes hardened "How do you know about the demon?" Itachi shifted nervously, he knew the old man was Hokage for a reason "I overheard them speaking of their plans at their secret meeting place, they mentioned the Kyuubi several times" the Hokage nodded "continue then" Itachi cleared his throat "They believe that by eliminating the demon, the people will see the boys killer as a hero, they will most likely try to get myself or my father to do it"

"I see; something must be done…" Itachi stood; "if you will excuse me, I have important things to do today" the Hokage lifted an eyebrow curiously "and that would be?" the young Uchiha began walking toward the window (not wanting to face the secretary again) and simply stated "protect Naruto-kun" he then jumped out the window and ran down the Hokage tower.

Meanwhile at the Nakano Bridge, a small blonde haired boy with odd whisker-like marks on his cheeks sat on the railing of the large bridge staring down at the river. He had been practicing a low-level water jutsu Itachi had shown him the day before and had decided to take a quick break; he wanted to have the jutsu mastered before he saw Itachi again. As he sat thinking of different ways the Jutsu could be useful he could faintly feel somebody watching him, he glanced around, he saw a man approaching him, the man wore a common black bodysuit with a chuunin vest and he wore his Konoha forehead plate on a bandana which covered most of the mans black hair. He glanced at the fox-boy "Uzumaki Naruto right?" he asked politely

On the other side of town, at Naruto's apartment, was Itachi. He quickly walked through the younger boys messy living room, the quickly checked the kitchen, then the bathroom, bedroom, he even looked in the closet. The blonde wasn't there, he thought for a moment, then jumped back out through the living room window (which always seemed to be open) he went sprinting off toward Ichiraku Ramen, which was unfortunately in the opposite direction of the Nakano Bridge…

"Yea, that's me" the man smiled at him "come with me Naruto-kun, its very important" Naruto stared at the older man for a second, he barely looked twenty, and he didn't look very trustable at all, but then a lot of ninja's didn't "no" he turned back to the river and watched it flow beneath him. The older man just stared for a moment then stupidly asked "why not?" without even turning Naruto answered "because I don't know you, you're a strange guy, kinda creepy looking too" The man's eye twitched, then he got an idea "my name is Uchiha Shisui, and, Uzumaki Naruto…" he paused until the boy turned to look at him "I am your father" Naruto just went back to lazily watching the river "no your not"

Meanwhile at Ichiraku Ramen, upon discovering that Naruto wasn't there, Itachi sat and ordered a bowl of chicken ramen, he ate slowly, savoring the flavor, he liked ramen, but not nearly as much as Naruto did. He enjoyed his meal then ordered a second bowl; he enjoyed that one too…

Shisui glared at the blonde boy for several minutes, he was supposed to be discreet about killing the boy so the elders could claim the head of the Uchiha clan had done it, they wanted him seen as a hero, somebody the villagers could look up to, somebody to take care of all their problems, somebody to become the next Hokage, after the current Hokage had a little "accident" of course. After several minutes of thought he finally came to a decision 'screw discretion' and he drew a kunai from his hip pouch and lunged forward, intending to drive the kunai deep into the back of the young fox-boys neck, but halfway he stopped and fell over, he was dead, the cause of his death being the pair of chop-sticks sticking through his neck, if one where to look closely at them they would notice the words "Ichiraku Ramen" carved into them. Itachi was sitting on the railing next to Naruto as if nothing had happened.

He felt an odd tingling in his eyes, but he didn't show it, he knew what it was, the ultimate form of the Sharingan…

Several days later, the Uchiha elders that had been involved in the conspiracy had been located and promptly interrogated then executed, along with several other members of the Uchiha clan that had been involved. And though Itachi did the right thing, he was still punished for acting against the Uchiha clan, much to his horror (note sarcasm) he was removed from his duties as the Uchiha clan heir, being swiftly replaced by his brother Sasuke. Itachi no longer had to deal with the responsibility of one day running the pathetic clan and now could focus more on his own life.

The problems in the Uchiha clan settled soon afterward and life continued on…

A/N's

1

I hadn't planned to write this chapter, in my original plan I was going to skip two years after chapter 2, I was almost finished with chapter 3 (now chapter 4) but after reading a review asking if Itachi was going to kill his clan I realized I would have been skipping an extremely important event, and I started getting some cool ideas, like ways to explain Itachi's hatred of his clan and the reason I believe he killed them.

2

The issue of the Kage Bunshin. Itachi is ANBU captain and an extremely important member of the Uchiha clan; I think it would be more surprising if he didn't know Kage Bunshin. He taught it to Naruto as a test, to see if Naruto could learn it and to measure his chakra, and I'm sure the Kage Bunshin isn't as complicated as most people think, Naruto learned it in just a few hours by himself in the manga/anime

3

Another thing I want to mention is that I don't plan to officially state what Naruto's bloodline is until chapter six, but a lot of people might be able to figure it out in the next couple chapters. And just so you know it's a bloodline from the manga/anime, not some super powerful bloodline I made up or a hybrid of several super bloodlines (personally I think Iv made it a little too obvious already)

4

Did anybody notice the obvious Star Wars reference?