Okay here is the next chapter. Thank you for your reviews. And sorry for another late update but it seems this is now going to be a norm. It will be better if I take time writing the chapters instead of rushing them. I was actually going to update yesterday but the login server went down.

Well this is a chapter, quite a few of you were probably waiting for. But let's answer some reviews first,

Bloody Rogue dragon deity king and bloody dragon fang – Thanks.

GunBlade2018 – You got your answer now.

TheWateringWizard – Exactly.

orien213 – Thank you again for your helpful input. I frankly was confused about that.

PikeMew1288 – Hard to answer since there are many possibilities. But without Danzo moving the Uchihas out of the village, the Uchiha probably would have not been suspected to be the cause of the Kyuubi incident. So the village and the Uchiha wouldn't have any problem with each other, hence no need for the coup. But this is just a maybe. You still have to count Obito's interference there.

Okay, now without further ado, except for this one, I do not own Naruto, let's start the chapter.

Chapter 14: A Murder of Crows

Two weeks had passed since the True Genin exams. Two weeks since Sasuke started his training with his team. He didn't have any problems with his team. On the contrary, he was pleased to have his rival's sister and the silent but logical bug user on his team. Namiko was obviously strong. Apparently stronger- at least in terms of brute strength – than her brother. She was not as level headed as Naruto, but her battle prowess probably rivaled her brother's. And Shino was, well he was there. He may not be that good in hand to hand combat, but his bugs made him a terrifying opponent to fight against, because they could drain his opponent's chakra very fast hence shortening the fights. Also hiding from him was kind of futile since as long as he had a bug on you, he would know where you are. A lot different from a Hyuuga's penetrative vision but still did the same work.

His sensei somehow had a Sharingan, even though he was not an Uchiha. When Sasuke asked him about it, he just got a faraway look on his face - whatever of it was visible - and didn't answer. Sasuke figured it was probably a touchy subject for him, so he didn't push any further. But thanks to that, Kakashi was able to point out, that during some point of his fight between him and Mizuki, he had awakened the Sharingan. It was, Kakashi hypothesized, probably when he thought the giant fuma shuriken was going to kill him. He had not used it in the Bell Test, but during the practice spars after it, he had somehow sub-consciously activated it.

If this was some two weeks ago, he would have thought of it as another step towards killing Itachi. Another of the things that happened two weeks ago made him question that thought. He was told that apparently it was his parents and the clan who were traitors to the village, not Itachi. Itachi apparently did, what he did, to stop the clan from staging a coup. He told the Hokage that he wanted to hear it from Itachi himself. Somewhere in his mind, he thought that the Hokage was lying, no matter how much ridiculous it seemed for him to lie in front of that many people. But he still didn't want to think that his parents were traitors. That thought however was squashed to almost nothing, when the Hokage told him two weeks ago that Itachi was going to arrive in probably a day or two from now. Thus, he now waited for his brother to arrive and finally get some answers.

A sudden knock on his door broke him from his thoughts, but immediately thought back on them when he saw an ANBU behind it.

In another part of town, Naruto was returning home after a series of three D – Ranked missions. His use of shadow clones allowed his team to finish these missions – read as chores- a lot faster. It would have probably been the same with his sister's team too, if Kakashi was not so lazy. But as it stood, he didn't find much value in these missions besides making the Genins proficient in doing the civilian jobs, to make them capable enough to disguise themselves whenever it was needed. 'Now that I think about it, they actually sound important.' He thought.

As for his team, he was satisfied with it. Of course, he would have liked to have his sister or Hinata on his team, but that was just a choice of convenience. He didn't have any problem with Sakura or Kiba. Sakura, as long as kept away from Sasuke, was a good Kunoichi. She had once attempted to copy his – basically his mother's – chakra enhanced strength technique. While she had obviously failed, she was successful enough for his mother to try and teach it to her. Partly to save the girl from breaking her hands and partly to save herself the trouble of repeatedly healing her. Along with that her smaller chakra reserves resulting in great chakra control, allowed her to learn many small to medium scale Genjutsus from their sensei. Additionally, she was continuing her medic training under him as well as, when the time allowed, from Shizune.

Kiba was almost completely opposite to Sakura. His chakra reserves were bigger than her and since his clan jutsus didn't need that much of a precise control, Genjutsu came very difficult to him. But thanks to the slight chakra control he had, along with the help of his partner Akamaru, he was not prone to that many Genjutsus. Additionally his Taijutsu was very good, especially when done in conjunction with his ninken. Though their sensei was currently focusing on training him to be able to fight alone, just in case Akamaru was separated from him.

Kurenai-sensei, unlike Kakashi, was very punctual as well as stern. She was very much focused when she was training somebody. And contrary to the beliefs, she was adept in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu along with being a master of Genjutsu. She just used them less. She tended to focus on training Sakura more though. While it may seem like partiality, in truth it was just her try in ridding Sakura of her fan-girlism, which according to Shizune was a medical ailment.

When he thought of Sakura's feelings towards Sasuke, he was also oddly reminded of Hinata. Hinata's team, after the not-so-minor setback of failing, was now better than it could have been even if it passed. Haku was able to blend in the team very well. As a person who was also trained by a Sannin, he and Anko got along well. Though Anko's sensei ended up betraying her and the village. He was mainly a long-range fighter but was also almost equally proficient in close range, where he relied on speed to fight. His use of senbon needles allowed him to immobilize an enemy very well. Combining him with Sai's support and Hinata's 360 degree fighting abilities made team 11 a very proficient team.

He wondered what Shikamaru's team was doing. Since Haku lived with the Senju's, he was able to get news on both team 7 and 11. But he still had not gotten any chance to talk to his strategist friend.

Said chance was coincidentally provided by a fellow blonde, who was somehow dragging both of her teammates behind her. How she managed to drag the big boned Chouji along with Shikamaru, only she knew.

On seeing Ino come his way, Naruto walked towards her. "Hey, Ino. What, you were shopping for Choujis and Shikamarus today?" He asked her.

"Ohh! Naruto-kun, long time no see. Sadly, I couldn't do any shopping because of these two lard balls I have for teammates. It is hard enough to get them working and after the work is done they immediately return to being lard balls. And our sensei's laid-back attitude doesn't help either." Ino complained.

Naruto sweat dropped. It seemed among the four Jounins who got teams this year, only two, who were both females, were actively doing their job, while both their male counterparts were content on taking it easy instead.

Meanwhile Chouji got back on his feet after Ino stooped dragging them. Shikamaru didn't bother to do even that. Naruto's sweat drop increased.

Ino followed Naruto's line of sight and immediately growled, "Shikamaru! At least show some decency, this is a street for god's sake. Get up!"

Shikamaru grumbled but followed her order anyway. It was better to get up than listen to her nagging.

"Being a Genin didn't change you much I see, eh Shika." Naruto said after Shikamaru stood up.

"I don't know about that, but it definitely has become more troublesome. Especially with Ino here." He replied which was answered by a, "What did you say!?" by Ino. "See what I mean?" He added.

"Man, I wish I got someone like Hinata on my team. I wouldn't have to hear someone nag me all the time." He sighed.

"You only say that because you don't know Hinata that much. Believe me, even though she doesn't like how her father used to train her before, she is as strict as her father when it comes to training. Determined as well. Instead of nagging like Ino does, she would just Jyuuken you till you get up." Naruto clarified.

Shikamaru smirked at him, "Yeah, you would know." Ino's defensive, 'Hey! I don't nag' was ignored by both of them.

Instead of taking the bait, Naruto dismissed it by saying, "No, Namiko and Sakura are more intimately informed about that." Distracted by the sound of Chouji opening his bag of chips, he refocused on Shikamaru to ask, "Well where were you being dragged to? Seeing as neither you nor Chouji looked interested in going, it was probably not home or to eat."

Shikamaru nodded, "Apparently Ino is short on her mission gear, so she was going for shopping."

Naruto sweat dropped again, "Short on mission gear? You had to use your mission gears for D – rank missions?"

Shikamaru shrugged, "Obviously not. I still haven't used a single kunai in my missions, except for when we are training."

Ino decided she wouldn't take any more of their ignorance, "Ha! Training? You? Come on, Shikamaru after the True Genin test you have only trained once, and you forfeited immediately after sensei went out of your reach. At least Chouji is better in that regards, he just doesn't want to hurt anybody."

On hearing this Naruto turned to Chouji, "You are still afraid of that Chouji? Come on you must know it is still a far cry for us to even come close to hurting our senseis while training. They are Jounins."

Shikamaru snorted, "No one wants to hear that from a guy who fought a Jounin to a standstill."

Naruto was shocked, "What are you talking about?"

"Asuma-sensei told us how you were able to fight Kurenai-sensei toe to toe." Shikamaru answered.

"What? That was a simple spar and Kurenai-sensei was holding back while I was trying my hardest. Even then I couldn't land a single hit on her. The fight just lasted a bit longer and since I have naturally higher reserves of chakra, it came down to how much chakra both of us had left. But the amount of chakra alone doesn't decide the strength of a ninja. What matters most is experience, and in that regard, we still have none." Naruto explained

Shikamaru nodded at the explanation. "Even then, if you were not strong, she could have taken you out during the fight. The fact that you were able to turn the fight into a battle of attrition goes to show how strong you are."

Naruto shrugged, "Maybe, but we were not talking about me, we were talking about Chouji. Chouji you used to fight against my shadow clones very well. So, what's the problem in fighting your sensei in a spar? If you are afraid you would hurt him or your teammates, just remember this, you may hurt your teammates while training, but if you hesitate to fight when it counts, your teammates will definitely be hurt."

Chouji nodded, "Asuma-sensei told me the same thing, but I cannot just bring myself to fight him, Shikamaru or Ino, or even you. Your Shadow clones were different. I knew they were not you and hurting them wouldn't hurt you, so I didn't have any problem fighting them. I just cannot think of hurting any of my friends."

Naruto nodded, "That's good. You don't need to think about hurting your friends either. Just keep in mind that you do not want them to be hurt. So be prepared enough so that when time comes where your friends might be hurt by others, you can save them."

Chouji meekly nodded. Shikamaru observed this conversation before saying, "You really are a natural born leader Naruto."

Naruto grinned at him, "And you are an inherently born slacker. Seriously Shika, get that slack off a little and I'm sure you and Chouji can become great ninjas."

Ino pouted, "Hey! What about me? I'm the one doing most of the work here."

Naruto turned his grinning face towards her, "Ino if you can get the current Shikamaru and Chouji to train, then you are already a great ninja. If you can make them put even more effort, I think you would have the most chance of becoming the Hokage."

Ino blushed while Shikamaru snorted, "If that was the case my mom would have already become the Hokage." Ino didn't pay him mind though. Oh, how much she wanted to be in Hinata's place when she started the academy and first saw Naruto. Unfortunately for her, his attention was already on Hinata by then. So, she decided to not butt in there and try someone else. Sadly, her affections turned towards a person who didn't seem interested in forming bonds at all. But she thought it was still better than to try and break someone else's. So, she stuck to it. Obviously, she is still just that, stuck. Thankfully Sasuke was not Namiko's type, because if she knew anything about Sasuke, she knew that Namiko would definitely fit his type, if there was any. Then there was the horde of competition among which was her former best friend and current rival.

She was snapped out her daze when she saw both Shikamaru and Chouji walking towards their homes. Getting a tick mark on her forehead, she apologized to Naruto for suddenly taking a leave and chased after them to catch and bring them to the clothing shop with her.

Naruto stood there looking amused and watched her do just that. He shook his head before continuing his journey to his own home. His sister was already home it seemed and since Kakashi cannot be early, they probably got the day off or something.

Naruto reached home to his sister complaining about the D- rank missions to the two male members of team 11. Apparently Haku had taken it upon himself to break Sai out of his mental conditioning. "Without any emotions, you become like a weapon or a tool, instead of a Human." he said. So while Hinata was trying to teach him what was right and wrong to do in front of people, Haku was making him interact with different outgoing people, to have him observe them and learn from them. Naruto chuckled at that, 'He should probably introduce him to Ino then.'

As soon as he announced his arrival, he was bombarded with the same complaints he had been hearing from his sister since last two weeks. At least this time, he had two other people sharing his predicament. But there was one thing that repeatedly came up during her complaints that drew his attention and that was, 'Sasuke was acting weird.' He had asked her to elaborate it more to which she replied that he was, at times, acting like he wanted to mingle and then suddenly started to space out. Naruto theorized it probably had something to do with the big revelation that happened on the graduation day. Old man Hokage had said that he would contact Sasuke's brother, but so far Naruto hadn't got any word of it.

As if heard by some higher power, the door to their house was knocked, whose answering revealed an ANBU requesting Naruto to show up at Hokage's office. Since it was Naruto who was being called to the Hokage's office and not team 8, Namiko requested to tag along. Since the ANBU was not given any specifics about others tagging along, he just shrugged. So leaving the Senju Compound, and Sai, to Haku, they followed the ANBU.

Hokage's office

The Hokage was not surprised when instead of just Naruto, Namiko also arrived at his office. She was Naruto's shadow as long as they were not on missions. Tsunade was actually hoping to break her out of that habit. So far she was unsuccessful. It didn't help that Naruto wouldn't berate her at all. Well she already knew what was going to happen, so there was no harm in her being there.

He motioned for his ANBU guards to leave him after which he started, "I think you three already know what I've called you here for. He is here to answer the questions Sasuke has. It was originally going to be just me, Sasuke and him. But apparently Sasuke wants Naruto to be there for some reason." He looked at Namiko and continued, "There seems to be one more than arranged, but I'll let it slide only because you already know the purpose of this meeting." Namiko had enough decency to look bashful.

"So is he going to come here?" Sasuke asked. He was still having mixed emotions. For four years, he had hated his brother, believing that he did everything to just test his power. But he was also oddly happy that he was going to to see his brother after that many years. He was also nervous to find out the answers to that night. What would he feel if what Hokage said was true? What would he feel if it wasn't? So it was safe to say that the most intense of his feelings was anxiety.

Hokage shook his head, "That would be very dangerous. No matter what I know about Itachi, to the village he is still a criminal. Just waltzing in the village will raise all kinds of alarms. No, we are meeting him somewhere that apparently should be known by you Sasuke."

The only present Uchiha looked surprised. For a good reason too. How was he supposed to know where Itachi would meet them? He didn't get any message or anything.

"But I didn't get anything from Itachi or anyone that may tell us where to meet." Sasuke said.

The Third nodded, "Yes I know. His message told me to accompany you to where the 'Secrets to your Eyes' lay."

Sasuke's surprised expression changed to that of revelation. He immediately understood where the place was.

He nodded, "Yes. I know that place."

"Well then, we mustn't waste any time. Let's go to this place then." Said the Hokage while standing up from his place.

Sasuke turned to the door to leave followed by the Senju twins and the Hokage to go to where Itachi waited.

Naka Shrine

The place, from the outside, looked like a normal shrine. But the meeting between the rouge Uchiha and the rest was not taking place quite there. The place that they were in, was hidden by a secret entrance, under the 7th tatami mat from the far right. Sasuke knew about this place. It was actually Itachi who had told him about this secret place, so he was the one who lead the rest inside.

There was a stone tablet there, with scribbles of something written on it, which none of the occupants could make heads or tails off, except for the only two in the room gifted with special eyes. Said two people had not taken their red eyes off each other since they had met. That was quite some time ago, they had still to say anything to each other. The other three, including the Hokage and the Senju twins, were unnerved by the continuous silence but also weren't eager to break it.

It was at last broken by Sasuke, who said in a very low voice, "Itachi!"

"Greetings little brother." was the answer he got from Itachi. Itachi Uchiha looked very identical to his younger brother, except his hair at the back was in a ponytail and there were tear-troughs under his eyes. While the light in the room was very minimum, supplied only by two fire torches besides the stone tablet, Itachi's clothing was still visible enough to notice that he was wearing a black cloak which had red cloud-like pattern on it.

"Itachi! Tell me. Tell me why did our clan decide to stage the coup?" Sasuke asked.

Everyone including Itachi were surprised by his question. Not that they didn't expect it, but they were expecting it after a few questions like 'Was the Hokage really telling the truth?' and such. The way he asked the question felt like he had already accepted what the Hokage had told him. Itachi asked him exactly that.

"I'm surprised you would ask something like that first Sasuke. I thought you didn't believe what Hokage-sama told you. What changed?" Itachi asked in a calm almost emotionless manner.

Sasuke calmed down a little before answering, "The fact that you are here already proves that whatever he said was true. Also there was a lot of audience that day for him to lie. I already figured out that day that it was our clan that turned on the village first. Whatever doubt I had about him lying were resolved when I saw you."

Itachi nodded. At the very least he was able to think clearly. When the Hokage told him that he had to reveal the secret to Sasuke through his letter, he became worried that Sasuke wouldn't be able to handle it. He was glad he was wrong.

"I know you have been told this before, but it was indeed our clans own actions that led to its downfall. They had decided that the village was not treating them the way it should have. So they decided to use force to take back what they thought was theirs." Itachi explained.

Sasuke didn't look satisfied though. He already knew about those things. But he wanted to know what drove his clan to try a coup against a whole village instead of simple negotiations. "But why?" He asked.

"Pride. Pride and Greed." Itachi answered.

Sasuke was surprised. Greed, he could understand was a bad thing. But shinobis were supposed to have pride right?

Before he could question it, Itachi elaborated, "Our clan thought that just because we helped build the village, it should respect us. Because we have the Sharingan, we are powerful. But that's incorrect. Our clan may have helped build the village, but that was decades ago. People from now are different than the people from then. What our clan did in the past doesn't matter to the current populace. They only respect those who have earned it. It probably wouldn't have mattered to our clan. But that's were Greed come in. Danzo was able to manipulate the people of our clan as well as the villagers to distrust each other. Sadly both fell victim to his manipulations and the Uchiha police force started to fight back the civilians, causing a rift to form between the village and our clan. He then used this rift to back our clan into a corner. To get out of that corner, the clan planned the coup."

Sasuke grinded his teeth and tightened his fists. Danzo Shimura. That name seemed to be connected to every misshape that happened to the village. He was really wishing he was alive so that he could kill him himself. But unfortunately for him, and fortunately for the village, he was dead. And Sasuke had more questions to ask too. So he calmed himself down again and asked, "Did Tou-san and Kaa-san support the plan too?"

Itachi was conflicted to answer that one. He knew that his mother was against the plan but went with it to support her husband. So was his father actually. This was something only he and his father knew about. His father had told him about it before that night. The clan had originally planned to use the power of the Sharingan to release the Kyuubi on the village from Naruto or Namiko, preferably both. But his father had pacified the clan by saying that only some special Mangekyou Sharingans could perform such feat, even when he knew his own Mangekyou could do it. Even Itachi was shocked to see his father wielding a Mangekyou.

His father also wanted to improve his clan's standing in the village. But at the same time he respected the Fourth Hokage. And his wife was a friend of Kushina Uzumaki, Fourth's wife and Naruto and Namiko's mother. He could not sacrifice those two, when they didn't have anything to do with his clan. Also while he could probably have controlled the Kyuubi, even he didn't know for how long. And if he couldn't control it, not only would the clan have been destroyed, the village would have too. And Fugaku wanted to improve his clan's standing IN the village, it would be of no meaning if neither the clan nor the village remained.

Itachi could not say this in front of Naruto or Namiko. He also didn't exactly know what Sasuke will do after this was all over. But he could at least tell him about mother. "No, mother was against all of this, but she supported her husband. Otherwise the clan head would look weak and father may have lost his position. And another clan head could have planned something even more drastic. Sadly father was the one to suggest the plan." 'I'm sorry father, but you have to be the villain for a little while longer.' He apologised to his father in his mind.

Sasuke was at least happy to hear that his mother was originally against this suicidal plan. While he thought his father supported the plan, the fact that he was the one who suggested it did not sit well with him. He still had a few more questions though.

"Why did you have to kill everyone then? Wouldn't killing the ones who were in on the plan had been enough?" This question was not asked by Sasuke, instead by Naruto, who was standing silently till that moment.

Naruto already knew the answer to his question. But he wanted to know if every person was actually killed by Itachi or not. Not matter how strong Itachi may have been at that time, killing a whole clan, whose at least 30% of the population were gifted with eyes that could predict movements of their opponents, was something that should have been out of even his skillset.

Itachi shook his head, "Unfortunately, I was not the one to kill everyone in the clan." He said surprising everyone, even the Hokage. That was news to even him.

Before anyone could interrupt, Itachi continued, "When I was ordered by Danzo to kill everyone behind the plan, I already knew I wasn't strong enough to pull something like that off. Before I could start the mission, I was approached by another individual who offered to share my work. I obviously denied him, since it was my mission and it was not something that people out of the village should know about. And since he was practically an intruder, I decided to apprehend him, as he seemed to know sensitive information about the village. I was unfortunately unable to defeat him." He paused to let everyone take everything in. This was the first time he was narrating to someone of what actually happened. He knew who that person was, at least who he was pretending to be. He still had no idea who was behind that mask.

Seeing Sasuke trying to say something, he resumed, "No matter what attack I used, it went through him, like he wasn't there. But he could still hit me when he wanted to. Seeing no choice I decided to let him accompany me. Obviously he went behind my back and killed every Uchiha instead of only the plotters. I wasn't able to stop him. He had already demonstrated that he was capable enough to do it by himself. Seeing how dangerous this person was I decided to join the organization that he was in, to keep an eye on him."

Everyone was still reeling from the shock that Itachi wasn't the one to kill the whole clan. Finally the Hokage was the one to snap out first, "Itachi, why didn't you tell me this before? This would mean that someone out of Konoha knows this secret."

Itachi nodded, "Unfortunately Hokage-sama, he is not the only one outside Konoha who knows the truth about that night. Even till this date I don't know how they are aware of it. The only thing I can think of is that Danzo was colluding with these people to get rid of the Uchihas, but this is just a speculation."

'No Danzo may have done many things to get the Hokage seat, but he would never give out village secrets to someone who can be a threat to Konoha. There was nothing mentioning another person in his notes either. This is someone else and somehow knows village's secrets. Was it Orochimaru? Since Danzo got his arm from him, it is possible that Orochimaru knows about the Uchiha Massacre. And if this person knows about it, what else does he know then?' The Hokage thought fervently. After Danzo, Orochimaru was another one of his mistakes.

Sasuke was shaking with rage. He blamed the wrong person all these years. His brother was not the one to kill the whole clan, it was someone else. He so much wanted to kill this person right now. He also saw the truth though. If Itachi was no match for him 4 years ago, and seeing that he was still working in his organization, he still wasn't, then he didn't stand a chance. Instead it would give Itachi out.

Naruto was on a completely different track here though. 'Just as I thought, he did not kill everyone.' He looked at Sasuke's still shaking form, 'What would you do now Sasuke?'

Sasuke managed to ask with gritted teeth, "Where is he now?"

Itachi, already seeing where this was going, said, "You do not need to concern yourself with him Sasuke. I am keeping an eye on him. You focus on your training." He walked closer to Sasuke and tentatively put his hands on his shoulder, "You remember what I told you on that night Sasuke, about getting stronger?"

Sasuke looked up at his brother and nodded, so Itachi continued, "I told you that so you will hate me instead of the village and someday kill me, so I could get my salvation." He said surprising Sasuke. "But that isn't needed anymore. You can still hate me if you want, but I shall tell you one important thing. A true Uchiha's power comes from the love they have for their family, friends and comrades. Sure it is painful to lose someone you hold dear, but instead of hating the person who took them from you and getting strong using that hate, you should get stronger to not let it happen again to anyone else instead. You should get stronger to protect your friends so they don't get harmed, instead of getting stronger to avenge them."

Sasuke was shocked even more. He looked back at Naruto, who was grinning at him. He turned back to his brother who had already taken a step back. 'It seems you were right after all, Naruto.'

The Hokage was happy to see these two brothers re-unite. But his mind was still occupied by the unknown person responsible for killing the majority of the Uchiha clan.

Itachi looked at his younger brother's expression, pleased to see no signs of hatred on it. He was now surer that the next generation of Uchiha will be free of the Curse of Hatred. "You are free to choose how you want live your life, Sasuke. But I suggest you try to fill it with love instead of hate."

Sasuke was on the edge of crying but held back and nodded.

Itachi nodded back, "Well then if this is done, I should better leave. But there is something I want to talk to Hokage-sama. So you three should leave now."

Sasuke wanted him to stay in the village. But he knew, for that to happen, he had to be pardoned from his crime, which could not be done unless the village was told the truth. But if the village knew that the Uchihas had planned a coup then it would create new problems. Besides that, there was also this mysterious person who killed the rest of the clan. Itachi was needed there to keep a check on him. So he moved to leave, but was stopped by Itachi, "Sasuke, there will be someone here in a few days, who will teach you how to use your Sharingan properly. They can do it even better than me, I think"

Sasuke was confused on who it could be since the only person with Sharingan other than him and his brother was his sensei. But he thought he will wait for whoever it was. So he nodded and left.

Naruto and Namiko seeing that there was no reason for them to stick around bowed to Itachi as well as the Hokage and followed Sasuke out.

As soon as the doorway to the secret room closed, Itachi turned to the Hokage and said, "The Senju twins along with the whole shinobi world are in danger."

AN:

Well there you go, A Murder of Crows. If you imagine the Uchiha like crows, that title really sticks. This time I really couldn't think of anything for the Omake, without portraying the Third Hokage or Itachi as villains. And Omake or not I really do not want to go to some really darker aspects. Maybe when it's needed.

Not much drama as you would have imagined between Itachi and Sasuke, mainly because Sasuke here is different than the canon Sasuke. Obviously the fact that Itachi was not the one to kill everybody calmed him down, as well as gave him a new target. Thankfully this time, there will be someone to stop him from going all 'I am revenge incarnate'. Who will that be though? Well that is for me to know now and you to know when the time comes. Naruto and Namiko didn't play a big role in this chapter. I know Sasuke specifically called Naruto, but that was just for emotional support.

Well, till the next Chapter. Tschüss.