6 Years Later

Wham!

Naruto was alone in a training field, punching a wooden training dummy. Fist after fist steadily slammed against the dummy, creating a smooth rhythm.

After 6 years, Naruto had changed greatly.

His blond, spiky hair had grown out, falling to the middle of his back. Two golden locks framed his face and went below his chin with an additional lock of hair falling over his new black eyes.

Years of spending most of his time studying indoors or training during the night made Naruto's skin a lot paler, yet beneath everything there were dense muscles from years of training.

A black T-Shirt, pants and boots that came up to his knees. Over his T-Shirt, he wore a black overcoat, sleeves rolled up to his elbows and a hood hanging in the back. On his neck there was also a mask hanging loosely.

To finish it off, his hands were wrapped in bandages up to his elbow, hiding every inch of skin.

Slam!

Naruto sharply inhaled, his two black eyes started swirling as they turned red. A sharingan with 3 tomoe in each eye appeared and locked onto the training dummy.

The 3 tomoe began to spin and Naruto's gaze focused. With a step, he then started unleashing a flurry of punches, each one striking what would be a fatal spot to a human.

Slam!

Naruto pulled back his bandaged hand as he wiped the sweat from his chin. The sharingan then fell onto his bloody, bandaged hand.

A sigh escaped his lips, "I suppose that is enough for today."

The 3 tomoe started swirling and were, once again, replaced by the black eyes. Naruto then sat down in place and began to meditate, working on his chakra control.

Hours went by as Naruto was lost in meditation, looking like a statue. Suddenly, Naruto opened his eyes as his sharingan formed again. He slowly stood up, lifted his mask, covering the lower half of his face, and pulled down his hood, hiding his face from the world.

With a sequence of hand seals, Naruto used the Body Flicker technique and disappeared in a flash.

A second later, Naruto reappeared on a tree with a swish of the wind. His two eyes scanned the surroundings, stopping momentarily on the Uchiha clan symbol on the walls.

Seeing that the place was completely empty, Naruto jumped down and dashed through the Uchiha Clan's compound.

It was once a compound which housed over a hundred members of the Uchiha clan, but now it was a ghost town, it's only resident a young girl. Just the thought alone created a dark, creepy atmosphere.

However, Naruto didn't seem to mind it one bit as he he ran through all the buildings with great familiarity.

Building after building went past Naruto, and he soon ran into the forest, where he found a small shrine.

He didn't hesitate as he entered the shrine and found a secret passage in the back of the shrine. Naruto looked back into the forest, making sure no one followed him, and then he walked into the secret passage.

The underground space wasn't very large. It was a cold, dark, stone room that only had a stone tablet and a banner of the Uchiha clan in the background.

"So those texts were right, huh..." Naruto mumbled as he sorted through his memories.

Massacre or not, this place was still the Uchiha clan's compound and the Uchiha clan wasn't completely wiped out. That's why, the village had left everything inside as is, which also includes the library.

Naruto had spent a lot of time sneaking into the library and looked over the texts, learning much about the sharingan. One time, he had accidentally happened upon a text that slightly mentioned the existence of this stone tablet and that it holds great secrets.

Curious, Naruto had spent a lot of years looking through the books and searching through the compound until he found this shrine.

His sharingan activated, Naruto began reading through the contents of the stone tablet, but soon found out that he was only able to read a small portion of it. Though that small portion was more than enough.

"Mangekyo sharingan, huh..."

What he could read from the tablet, the text touched upon the Mangekyo sharingan, about the abilities of the sharingan, such as controlling the tailed beasts, as well as some history lessons.

"So does that mean I need to unlock this Mangekyo sharingan to read more?" Naruto mused as he looked at the tablet.

Kill a loved one and be submerged in hate - that was the condition this tablet stated to activate the mangekyo sharingan. There was only a slight problem; Naruto had no loved ones.

Once the lies were uncovered, Naruto started recklessly training in order to forget. Time healed his wounds, but the scars were still there.

Ever since then, Naruto would only train, study and sleep, avoiding all human contact due to his distrust. This kind of lifestyle made him very reclusive, silent, emotionally numb.

"Can't do it, huh... Well, nothing I can do then," Naruto sighed as he made up his mind to leave. It was good that he had gained what he did.

However, he suddenly heard a voice behind him, "What are you doing here?"

It was the voice of a young girl and it clearly held hostility and anger in it. Naruto didn't even need to look back to know who it is. After all, he had been classmates with the owner of this voice for years now.

Naruto tilted his head to the side, glancing behind him. There stood Saori Uchiha, her body tense and ready to fight, her black eyes spitting fire.

The girl had long black hair and white skin. She wore a long-sleeved blue shirt with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back. A short black skirt, tight shorts underneath and blue sandals.

The eyes of the two were locked in a staring contest, creating sparks in the air. Saori glared at Naruto, but couldn't realize it was him because the room was dark and his face was hidden.

Saori fell into contemplation as she looked over the invader. As she stared at the stranger, a strange sense of familiarity crept into her heart. He was slightly taller than her, meaning that he was roughly the same age, black eyes and...

"N-Naruto Uzumaki?" Saori asked with an uncertain voice.

Naruto didn't answer, but the more Saori looked at him, the more she was sure of it. This was the strongest student in the academy, the man she made as her goal to surpass.

Those indifferent black eyes and his firm, unshakable stance formed a powerful aura, as if he was insurmountable mountain.

Whether it was the age, his stance, the look in his eyes – everything pointed that her intuition was correct.

Saori's voice turned heavy and grim, "Why are you here, Naruto Uzumaki?"

To her surprise, Naruto's response was only to turn around and dash straight at her. The room was small, so Saori couldn't run anywhere and it took less than a second for Naruto to appear before her.

His bandage hand shot out and grabbed Saori's wrist, then his own leg was placed in-between Saori's.

With a twist of his body, Saori was lifted off the ground, and she felt her whole world spinning as she roughly landed on her back, resulting in a few coughs. She opened her eyes, looking at the dark ceiling.

Her eyes then looked further up and saw Naruto towering over her. His lower half of the face was hidden by a mask, a hood hid his hair and the two sharingan glared at her from the darkness.

"W-wait... Sharingan? How?" Saori's mind was in chaos as she was wondering how could Naruto have the sharingan.

But she didn't have the time to wonder as she saw Naruto move, his two red eyes still locked onto her.

Saori's teeth grinded against each other and she curled up her lower body and kicked out at Naruto, forcing him to let go and take a step back. She quickly stood up and got into a stance.

"Who cares, I will beat the answers out of him!" Saori thought and charged at Naruto.

Saori then unleashed a flurry of attacks, all aimed at Naruto's vital points. However, to her dismay, Naruto's sharingan was a mature one and he had spent years in the Uchiha clan's library, studying their scrolls.

He didn't practice the Uchiha clan's martial arts, but he did know the stances themselves, which made Saori unable to land her attacks.

One punch was sent to his face, but it was quickly side stepped. Naruto then ducked, avoiding a sweeping kick, and finally, his hand shot out and blocked Saori's last attack.

Saori's anger grew as she saw that none of her attack were working.

"This bastard is using my clan's doujutsu against me!" She yelled inside her head.

She wouldn't admit it, but she was very jealous now. Naruto had a fully matured sharingan, while her's hasn't awaken yet.

Not one to let go of this opportunity, Naruto stepped forward and got closer to Saori. Naruto's free hand grabbed Saori's face, forcing her to look into his spinning sharingan.

Genjutsu: Sharingan

Saori tried to resist as she looked at Naruto's sharingan, but her eyes eventually grew dull, and Naruto felt his control over her body increasing.

A few moments later, Saori was completely stuck in the genjutsu, under Naruto's control.

"If I remember correctly, you are the clan leader's kid, right?" Naruto asked.

Saori obediently nodded her head, "Yes."

Naruto's eyes narrowed. "What do you know of this stone tablet?" He asked.

"Nothing," Came the plain answer.

Naruto was surprised by the answer, making him tilt his head. "You know absolutely nothing about the tablet?"

"I didn't know it existed until now," Saori answered.

After a moment, Naruto gave up on this line of questioning. In any case, it took him years to find this place so perhaps it's not a surprise she didn't know.

"Alright, tell me the secrets of the sharingan," Naruto commanded as his sharingan spun rapidly in his eyes.

Saori's body slightly trembled but still obeyed. "I only know that the sharingan has a second form called the mangekyo sharingan," Saori's answer came again.

This time, Naruto felt like slapping the girl.

"You are the clan leader's kid, why do you not know anything?" Naruto asked in a helpless voice.

"I was always focused on my training, planning to get my revenge against Itachi," Saori answered, as if it was obvious.

Naruto let out a sigh as he backed away.

"This girl..." He shook his head.

"N-No... You... Y-you bastard!" Saori stammered as she was finally breaking free from Naruto's genjutsu.

Shisui's sharingan was regarded as the strongest one in the clan's history, having incredibly potent genjutsu abilities. Naruto himself didn't know about this, but he had years of practice, so he knew his Genjutsu: Sharingan was very powerful. For a genin to break out so quickly, Naruto was surprised.

"As expected of the young miss of the Uchiha Clan," Naruto praised her.

Though that didn't mean anything to Saori as she was directing a cold glare at him. Naruto didn't seem to mind as he then turned around and started walking towards the exit. He had gotten as much as he could here.

"I-I won't forgive you! Y-you hear me, Naruto Uzumaki?!" Saori yelled as she was almost free from the illusion.

Hearing Saori's yell, Naruto stopped and glanced back at her. "I hardly care."

Saori stopped yelling as she was taken aback. Naruto's glare was cold, indifferent, looking strange when it was displayed by a such a young boy. This was a very different Naruto from what she was used to seeing in the academy.

Back there, he would display an indifference that signified his lack of interest. However, this was a cold one, as if even death wouldn't move him. She looked at Naruto silently as he then turned around and walked out of the basement.

There was no hesitation in his footsteps, he didn't even glance back.

Naruto didn't hesitate with such actions because the whole village already hated him. Even if word got out, what will they do? Hate him two times more? Place him in a prison for a few days for breaking into a clan's compound?

Saori's hatred also didn't mean anything to him. She was nothing more than another person in the already long list. At this point, what difference did it make if another person hated him.

Naruto scoffed as he walked into the forest, "Might as well head home. After all, tomorrow is graduation day."

Author's Note:

Hello, my dear readers.

My preparations are done and I will be moving out tomorrow. I will be releasing two chapters today to satisfy you for a bit, as I won't be able to continue writing for a few days.

Though I do have pen and paper, so I will be keeping myself occupied in the journey, but that doesn't change the fact that I won't have any way to release chapters.

Anyways, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

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