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POV: Kakashi

We, meaning by we, the younger shinobi were helping with repairing the damage the Kyuubi had done to the village last night. While removing the debris, I was put out. I should have been allowed to help. So, we stood at the sidelines only waiting and dreading for what would happen.

It was later in the afternoon were we called for an important announcement. Why couldn't they just make a sign board at the tower for that? We have better things to do than waste time listening. As I got to the tower, I see Guy and Obito there.

"Kakashi! My eternal rival!" Guy said as soon as he noticed me.

"What do you mean eternal rival?" Obito argued "I'm Kakashis' rival!"

"Ah" Guy nodded with his arms folded in understanding. "I see, so the three of us are rivals, I accept!" he answered.

I never agreed to be anyone's' rival, they could be rivals with each other for all I care. I stared at them as they continued to argue, but it wasn't about who were rivals anymore, they were arguing which one was a better shinobi. Then that shifted to them playing janken. I rolled my eyes at their antics. We're this two really chuunins?

"Hey, Kakashi" Asuma said as he approached us with Kurenai. I nodded at them in acknowledgement "Have any idea what they're going to announce?"

I may be thought as a genius, but I don't have all the answers. I'm still irritated about not being allowed to help. It was then that the other shinobi around us suddenly became quiet even the two who was playing janken.

On the top the tower stood the two elders, Jiraiya-sama and Danzo-san. I glanced at Asuma to see a confused expression on him.

"Last night, our village was attacked by the Kyuubi. Was it not for the Sandaime and the Yondaime, our village would not be standing." Jiraiya-sama started in a loud voice.

I smirked behind my mask at that sensei is a really strong shinobi. He can't be the Hokage if he wasn't the strongest in the village.

"But that didn't come with a prize. We have lost not only fellow shinobis and citizens, the Sandaime, Sarutobi Hiruzen, died in helping defeat the Kyuubi and saved our village. "

What of Minato-sensei? What happened to him?

POV: Obito

"Late in the evening, the patrol shinobis' saw one other shinobi standing by the village center with a scroll in hand. The scroll was used to call the Kyuubi to Konoha."

What!? Who the hell is the shinobi? Are they a spy for another hidden village?

The Toad Sannin paused a bit and looked at us from the top of the tower. Everyone then started talking about this shinobi and saying it was this persons fault, the cause of the destruction and death. This never would have happened if the shinobi didn't call on the Kyuubi. Who was that shinobi anyway? Will they say who it was? I don't think saying who did it would change anything. The person though would only feel oppressed.

"The shinobi who called on the Kyuubi..."

Everyone stilled and silence fell on the crowd. This person just called on the Kyuubi, why? The peace treaty has been signed. Why would any of the hidden villages attack Konoha?

"…is chuunin, Uchiha Iruna."

What?! My eyes widened in surprise. Did I hear that right? Iruna-chan? That brat called the Kyuubi? She loves Konoha! She wouldn't want to destroy her village! She has no reason to do that!

I looked over at Kakashi. He was just as surprised as I was. I looked at the faces of those in the crowd to see the furious looks they had and the bewilderment on the other shinobi present. Was Iruna-chan also here? If she was sneers would be directed at her. She was going to be blamed. No, she's already being blamed from what they were saying a while ago.

There were those belonging to our clan present. News would reach the rest of the clan about this, even the elders. Oh no. I felt a coldness creep down my back as I thought, the elders! Those old bags are so proud of the clan, they won't over look this. She would be punished or she would—I don't even dare to think of the other one.

"Iruna-san?" Guy said breathlessly. "No." He shook his head. "That's impossible!" He started to shout aloud getting everyone's attention "Iruna-san would—"

Asuma had been quick and covered Guys' mouth. Scathing glares and cold gazes were on us then. It would not be a good idea to protest. Not after what happened with the Kyuubi. I could feel everyone's anger radiating from them. I swallowed. It felt like malice directed at us.

After some announcements about restoring the village and casualties, all of us slowly dispersed headed to our own houses if there were still standing. I along with everyone else followed, through the crowd I saw Mikoto-san next to her I recognized looked almost like Shisui only older.

Mikoto-sans' face was void of any emotion, but without seeing it I know out of everyone she was the most devastated. Iruna-chan her daughter caused the Kyuubi to appear. I saw an anbu by then appear and speak to Mikoto-san. I didn't know what it was, but Mikoto-sans' eyes widened.

Most of us helped in removing the debris on the roads and destroy parts of the houses that were no longer usable. There was no news or any appearances of Minato-sensei, but Jiraiya-san reassured us that Minato-sensei was alive and needed to recuperate. That left the elders and Jiraiya-san making the decisions for now.

It was three weeks later did Jiraiya-san collect me and Kakashi. We went to the hospital with him, and outside by the doors were two anbus' waiting outside.

"They're with me." Jiraiya-san said to the two anbus', receiving only acknowledging nods from them.

Inside we saw Minato-sensei on the bed with plasters on his face, and wearing white hospital clothes. He had his eyebrows scrunched as he read the paper in his hands.

"Minato-sensei!" I shouted getting his attention, not knowing anything about Minato-senseis' was worrying. "How are you feeling?" I asked as I stood next to his bed.

"Good." Sensei replied smiling before it faded.

"Where's Kushina-san?" I asked looking around. If Minato-sensei would be hurt, Kushina-san would have been in the room watching him.

"Kushina was one of the many that died that night."

I felt my stomach drop. Damn.

"It's alright, Obito." Minato-senseis' said smiling sadly. "She was doing her duty."

A sad smile was on Minato-senseis' face, but there was a pain of loss in his eyes. The same one I saw in my eyes when my grandmother died, or when Rin died. Minato-sensei lost someone precious to him.

"When will you be out of the hospital sensei?" Kakashi asked.

"After a week or a few days, they want to be sure I'm fine." A silence then fell on us. "Jiraiya-sensei informed me of the decisions of the elders."

"Yeah, it was said that Iruna-chan caused the Kyuubi to appear." I said glaring at the white sheets. "I don't think she did that. She's being accused—"

"There were witnesses' Obito." Minato-sensei said grimly. "Two from the Uchiha Police Force, one jonin and a civilian, we can't overlook that. It's true. Iruna-chan brought the Kyuubi to Konoha, and the elders decided that everyone should know."

"But—she has no reason to do that! It doesn't make sense, even Guy says so. What's going to happen to Iruna-chan?"

"I have no idea yet. She's in a coma. She needs to be questioned. Danzo-san almost had the elders and the shinobi families agree to have Iruna-chan be interrogated while she's in a coma by the I&T."

"What?!" I shouted. I couldn't believe it. She's in a coma and they want to get inside her head.

"Isn't that dangerous sensei? They would be endangering the life of the one to be interrogated." Kakashi said.

"Not only that, but they would force her mind to wake up without recovering from the influx of chakra that day. She would end up being brain dead if they allowed it." Minato-sensei said grimacing. "They were close if the Nara clan had not decided against it."

"What about the Uchiha clan?" I asked curious on what the elders of our clan decided on.

"They agreed."

POV: Mikoto

With Iruna remaining in a coma, the elders have yet to tell me or anyone their decision for her. I know they will punish her for it, I can imagine that they would remove Iruna from being the heiress. What else will they even do to Iruna?

Itachi like me is worried for Iruna. He has always been worried for her. We only know from the Hokage, and Obito-kun that Iruna is in a coma but is otherwise fine. Reckless, or rather her nerve had been the profound trait about Iruna, but because of it she had made a lot of seals also because of her tests. It had brought her a number of times to the hospital. I can guess that that is Itachis' reason for wishing to be a medic-nin. She's in the hospital once more and has yet to wake up from her coma. A month had already passed and there was still no news about her. Will she—no, she will wake up, the question is when.

I stared at the sleeping face of Sasuke. Sasuke would grow up without his father, and—I'm getting ahead of myself. Iruna is only asleep, and Itachi is here. I looked to the backyard where Obito-kun and Itachi are sparring.

Obito-kun the same goes with Shisui doesn't believe that Iruna would want to destroy Konoha. It's not only them, but there are others, only a handful though. Everyone else in Konoha hates Iruna because she had brought the Kyuubi upon the village. Even the elders feel the same as she brought shame to the clan. I want Iruna to wake up, but sometimes I wish she remains asleep because when she wakes up she has to face the consequences of her...actions.

POV: Iruna

It was dark. I couldn't see anything. No shapes or outlines. It was complete darkness. I reached out walking about trying to see if I would come across an object or anything, but there was nothing. I tried using the Great Fireball jutsu, but the flame I was waiting for didn't come from my mouth. I channelled my chakra, and I could feel it swirling in me. Yet I couldn't use it. I stopped trying to search for anything or even produce light, and dropped to the floor.

I sat there in the silent darkness. It wasn't eerie. It wasn't comforting either. There was just nothing. It was seconds, actually I have no clue, wherever I am, was time even present? I heard a great howl, and at a distance I saw a light from a distance. I stood right away and ran towards it as fast as I could. As a shinobi I should have been wary of it or of everything as I had no clue where I was.

Reaching the light, it was an orange crystal floating in mid-air, and was the size of a head. I reached out to touch it, but then I pulled away at the last second. Is it wise to touch it? I have no idea what will happen, but nothing will happen in this darkness either. I reached out and as my finger touched the crystal, the crystal broke towards me and orange chakra came out wrapping itself around me. I screamed as the chakra wrapped around my body. It was scalding. It felt like I was being burned.

I could feel the wind, and hear the sound of feet meeting wood. It was probably a minute before I realized that someone was carrying me.

POV: Kakashi

What really happened that night? The night the Kyuubi appeared? Everyone was fine to know that it was Iruna who brought the Kyuubi to Konoha. Nothing else was mentioned about the Kyuubi by then, only that the Sandaime was able to kill it with Minato-sensei helping. Was it really just called by Iruna, or it came from somewhere else?

"I'm sorry, Kakashi. That is restricted information only a chosen few, like the team leaders' in anbu are allowed information privileges only if the Hokage sees fit that they also know." Minato-sensei said behind his desk.

"Can I join anbu?" I asked.

"You're a capable jonin Kakashi, a genius as the others says, but I don't think you're ready to be one yet."

"I became jonin. I can be an anbu."

"Without using your chidori? You're chidori is a high level jutsu Kakashi, but to be able to hit your target with it you would need Obitos' help."

I was reluctant to agree, but sensei was right. I needed Obitos' help to hit my target, but he can't always be there to tell me. A shinobi can't always rely on others. Not all missions are team missions there are solo missions the Hokage hands out. The chidori is the only strongest jutsu I have right now.

"Kakashi!" I heard coming out of my thoughts before the wind got knocked out of me and my back hitting the trunk of the tree.

I groaned out before Obito came towards me and with an annoyed look on him.

"What's wrong with you?!" He glared at me his sharingan was on. "You weren't paying attention!"

If I had a sharingan, I could use the chidori.

"Kakashi!" Obito shouted again pulling me up by the front of my clothes. "Are you even listening to me?"

"I heard you." I replied removing his hands on my clothes.

"Alright, what's bothering you? Even at the beginning, you're head is off somewhere."

I shook my head. "It's nothing." I said before I left the training grounds we were using.

"Kakashi!" I heard him shout after, but I ignored it and walked away.

ooo

Minato-sensei summoned me to his office with information that someone was willing to donate their eye to me.

"Who would do that?" Why would anyone do that?

"That is confidential, Kakashi. They prefer to keep it a secret. Do you accept the offer?"

"I'm already used to using one eye, sensei."

"The eye being donated is a sharingan eye."

A sharingan?! Only the Uchi—

"No." I said gripping my hands. I can't take that eye. Obito is probably the one that offered to give me his eye.

"Don't worry about the donor they already have a replacement eye to use if you accept the offer."

"What?" I stared at sensei.

"Do you accept or not, Kakashi?"

ooo

It had been four months since I accepted the sharingan that was donated, and trained with Obito using it for a month before I joined anbu. I guessed right that it had been Obito who gave me his eye. After undergoing the operation, the next I saw Obito his from two black eyes (AN: Not a black eye you get from getting punched) he had a brown and black eye.

"I did forget to give you a gift on your jonin promotion." He said.

I kept the sharingan hidden with my hitaite, knowing it would cause Obito problems with his clan if anyone were to know that he was the one who gave me his eye. The anbus' on my team knew, but they had kept it to themselves. Information regarding each other's skills was to be kept only with team mates and within anbu.

We arrived at Konoha from a mission and entered the Hokages' office when an anbu appeared in the room.

"Hokage-sama, Iruna-san is missing."

"Report!" Minato-senseis' eyes flashed.

"We were to relieve the guards for the rotation. We found the anbus' were all unconscious, and Iruna-san missing from the room."

"How long?"

"The anbus' has been out for almost an hour."

"Inform all of the guardsmen we are on lock down, and have every available chuunin and jonin out in search for her right now in the village by sector." Minato-sensei instructed as the anbu left, he turned to us. "You're report can wait, assist in the retrieval operation for Iruna-san."

I didn't wait and using shunshin I left the office. I entered the hospital and asked the directions to Irunas' room. I entered the room with a nod from the present anbu. I summoned Pakkun to help with the search.

POV: Iruna

With that realization, I tried to stay still, but my captor knew I was awake.

"You're awake." The man said above my head.

I was faced down, and even if I tried to look up I wouldn't be able to see the man's face. I squirmed about in his arm trying to dislodge myself, but his arm tightened around me keeping my arms locked, but it brought me closer to his side.

"That was a weak kick." He said after I gave him a kick.

Even I could tell it wasn't as strong as it should have been or enough to disrupt him. I repeatedly kicked him until I was panting from my action. What was wrong with me? I don't get this tired so easily! I only did less than ten kicks, and I'm already out of breath.

"Where are you taking me?!" I shouted.

I didn't know where I was only that we were still in the land of fire with the trees we were traversing through. He didn't answer, but I knew we weren't in Konoha anymore. I started to squirm again in his hold. Where ever he was taking me there was no way I'm going willingly! I have to know what happened. I am going to return to Konoha.

"Stop it." He ordered, but I have no reason to follow do I?

"No! Let go of me! I am not going with you!" I shouted wriggling.

"You have no choice." He said gruffly.

No choice? I always have a choice. With a renewed resolve, I tapped into my chakra to find that I can access it. The man didn't have the time to seal them. I activated my sharingan.

"You're sharingan won't help you."

I huffed, even if he could tell that I activated my sharingan he didn't know what I had in mind. The thought came up to me by then. I know I have good chakra control, but there would be repercussions if I attempted to do that, but it was the only idea I have.

I sent a good amount of chakra onto my feet, before I kicked him on his back. I heard a grunt come from him but he continued to jump through the branches. I repeated the action with a bit more chakra, and it was enough to have his hold on me loosen to allow my arms a bit of freedom. I made another kick, and this time he had released me.

I was then free falling, but lucky enough I caught onto the end of a branch before I swung myself up with my bare feet meeting wood. I weaved the hand signs for the Great Fireball jutsu as I turned to the person sending the jutsu at him before I jumped away and onto another branch. I ducked in the nick of time as I felt the air above me disturbed his hand passed over me before I tried to kick his feet under him. I made for another Great Fireball jutsu then to make him back away. Engaging the man in taijutsu would not go well for me, especially with my size. I had jumped away to distance myself, but I had been caught by the ankle then slammed onto the nearest tree.

ooo

I didn't know how long before the man will realize that he was up with a dummy. It was a slim chance to even accomplish what I did, it was only seconds, and I don't even know where I am in the fire country! I was on the ground under a thicket of bushes and hiding my chakra as well as I could.

I heard movement and the rustle of leaves from nearby, I froze. Frightened to even move if it was the man I escaped from earlier, but when I saw a hare come out. I expelled the breath I was holding. I counted to three hundred in my head before I heard movement again this time it was above me. I saw their feet, and it was dangerously close to where I was hiding. It was seconds later I stared wide eyed at the katana that was a pinky away from my right hand. It was so close, I don't even know if the man earlier had a katana with him.

"Well?" I heard another person speak.

"Nothing" The owner, I think, of the katana said as he pulled it from the ground.

I heard a grunt before the leaves of the bushes I was in started to rustle. I activated one of the beacon seals I placed on a rock I had thrown as far as I could earlier.

"Come on!" I heard as I saw their feet disappear.

I remained there hidden counting to six hundred before I decided to move. I couldn't go the other way the man was going in, it would be the first direction he would go in. I looked about me before I decided to head northwest before leaving another beacon time activated seal. It would activate after an hour, but disappear after five minutes.

POV: Kakashi

I followed Pakkun as he jumped through the trees following Irunas' scent, and I could feel chakra in the direction Pakkun was leading me. We landed onto the ground and looked about. Pakkun went over to a nearby bush where I could feel the chakra, but found nothing but an indentation made by a katana. There had been shinobi here, but why did I sense chakra—a beacon seal! Iruna must have had them on her or made them on the spot. She must have been here.

"Pakkun which way did Iruna go?" I asked.

Pakkun went around before he looked in one direction, without any words we rushed off in that direction. I don't know how long we've been going through the trees, but in the direction we were headed I could detect chakra ahead of us. As we got closer, there had been the sound of bark breaking and the smell of fire. When we were close enough I was shocked to see Iruna glaring at a masked man on one of the branches.

"Konoha will not welcome you." The masked man said.

"I don't care." Iruna snarled. "I'm going to remain in Konoha. Only the Hokage can throw me out."

The masked man was quick in a blink he was in front of Iruna kicking her in the middle of her body. She was thrown off the branch before the man jumped and brought down his leg on her sending her, or a large rock towards the ground. Iruna appeared behind the man, but the man had turned and kicked her on her side sending her towards the tree. She dropped to a nearby branch and was painfully pushing herself up. I made to jump towards the branch she was on to help her, but then the masked man appeared in front of me punching me right in the gut before taking my arm slamming my body onto the branch.

"Kakashi!" I heard Iruna shout.

I was faced down and tried to push myself up, when I heard a growl and I heard Pakkun whine before a poof sounded meaning he was gone. It was only a few seconds, but it was enough to allow me get away from him. I raised my hitaite, and raised my closed eye to reveal the sharingan under it. I weaved through the hand signs for the chidori, and the man stayed on the branch his attention on me. I jumped towards him throwing my hand with the chidori towards him, but he had avoided it grabbing my arm.

"What will the Uchiha clan do if they found out? What will they do if they find out who gave it to you in the first place?" He said before he forced my hand with the chidori towards the branch, with my hand going through. "You'll have to train better with that. Just using your jutsu and rushing the enemy? That's a shame for a genius like you. What's the use of that eye?"

I pulled my hand from the branch, but I was slammed back down a foot keeping me pinned down. It didn't take long before I felt a cold blade go through my shoulder and into the wood under me. I screamed out as he tried to twist the blade.

"Kakashi!" I heard Iruna shriek.

"Not much of a fight, are you? You're pathetic, and you're even an anbu. You got yourself stuck under my foot and pinned down with a sword. Know why because you lost your focus. You let your guard down because of her. You're just as weak as your other team mate. The one who's blood is in your hands, that one person that wasn't your foe. That weakling, you remember her—"

The weigh on my back was gone, when I heard the sound of the bark breaking. I felt a malevolent chakra, the same chakra I felt that night the Kyuubi appeared. The blade was pulled out of me as swift as it had gone through me. I pushed myself up holding my shoulder just as Iruna had left the branch with the katana with her chasing after the masked man. I stared after her, I didn't know if I was seeing things. It didn't take long before Iruna returned at a closer look she had cuts on her face, by her arms and bruises. She didn't have the katana with her anymore.

"Are you okay, Kakashi?" She asked worry on her face.

"I will be." I replied. I tried to move my arm to try and summon one of my pack but small movements brought up pain into my arm.

We were back in Konoha after three hours, the guardsmen saw us and the anbu was called. They immediately rounded on Iruna.

"Iruna-san you are to come with us." One of them said.

A frown adorned on her face, and confusion. She started to open her mouth maybe to ask a question, but thought better of it. She gave me a wry smile before she went with them without a fuss.

AN: Sorry for the late upload. I was struck with the colds, but it turns out I have sinusitis. It's annoying especially with the headaches. It's like getting hit on the back of the head a lot of times. Anyway, I hope this clears up some things. I wasn't going to kill of Minato you know, but you can't save both and there had to be replacements too. Until the next, Thank you for reading this fic of mine. :) Happy Holidays you guys!