Royal Revenge

by Mistral.D.Wind

When his family was killed in front of his own eyes, Naruto swore to revenge, killing whoever was the culprit. Years later, the plan ended in the Kingdom, forced him to follow the royal knight's academy to kill the culprit. That's when he fell into his own plan, like Uchiha Sasuke, the Crown Prince. Narusasu Disclamer: Characters in this story does not belong to me.

13. Eleven Years Ago

Chapter 13. Eleven Years Ago

Fourteen years ago ...

Bro!

The bushes moved noisy.

Brochure! —Check!

Bro!

The cheers here and there are increasingly clear.

"Ow!" there was a sudden, painful sound from there. Before finally something was seen appearing from inside the bushes.

Gold blonde on the head. A boy around six years old was seen, moaning again as a twig swiped the skin of his arm. He rubbed the blisters there, grimacing resentfully at the branch of the offender. His sapphire-sliced Manik moved, tracing the scene caught in his small eyeball.They sparkled, two beads as blue as the sky widened happily before the boy ran back.

Her blonde hair is ponytailed, extending to the waist. But still leaves a few short and messy strands on the sides of the face and back of his head. Swept quickly to follow the movement of the boy who ran fast.

The boy tried to jump, but stumbled due to his short legs that were unable to reach the height of the large tree roots that blocked his path. He moaned, then glared irritably at the roots of the wood that had just tripped over him.

As soon as the pain comes, so soon he forgets it. The boy immediately ran again haphazardly. But different from before, this time he looked down, breaking through the stem of a large branch that blocked his path.

The boy grinned broadly when his foot managed to reach the place he was aiming for. He looked up, staring in amazement at the very large tree in front of him. Glancing here and there, he looked for a way to ride it.

"Hup!" The boy climbed his foot on the tree's big root. Then carefully walk along the tree trunk. He searched the climb there. Lifting his body nimbly up the tree trunk. His hand groped upward looking for a handle, before his feet cleverly climbed on one of the woods and lifted his body up. He climbed the climbs, before he finally arrived at the top branch of the big tree.

He carefully held on, shuddering in fear as he looked down, seeing how high he was now in the tree. He looked up, looking straight ahead where the sunlight seemed to glow. One of his hands moved reflexively, covering his eyes from the glare of light. He blinked for a while before finally he could clearly catch the scene in front of him.

"Whoaahhh!"

The vast expanse contains thick trees and green hills. The blue sea at the end also looks beautiful with the sparkling sunlight shining. A scene that can only be seen from the top where the boy is located.

The bead sliced as blue as the sky widened in amazement, sparkling so glad for what he saw now. The tiny pink lips widened to form a smile, then widened again into a grin of five fingers that were so excited. His tiredness and pain when he came here vanished, replaced by an extraordinary feeling of awe.

He shouted.

"Sugoooiiii!"

The two guards looked down respectfully when they saw him coming.

The big door opened, allowing him to enter.

"Ii-itachi Ouji-sama!" A waiter jumped in surprise when he saw his arrival.

The little eleven year old young man smiled kindly. One of his eyebrows rose, staring in surprise at the servants in the room who looked panicked. "What is wrong?" His Manik Onyks glanced, looking for someone in the room.

"A-anu ... I-that's it ..." The waiter was nervous in fear.

The smile on Itachi's lips turned flat when he realized something. "Where is Naruto-sama?"

The waiter jumped again. Like an arrow stuck, his face turned pale because he couldn't answer. He also looked down in fear. "I'm sorry, N-Naruto-sama managed to run away from our watch!"

"Again?" Itachi sighed. "I'll look for it. You just leave this place for Naruto-sama's study room later."

The servants there immediately bowed respectfully many times, thanked the eldest prince of the Uchiha clan,

"Good afternoon, Uchiha Ouji-sama!"

"Have a nice day!"

All the guards and servants who passed him bowed and greeted him. It's Itachi just replying to them with a friendly smile. Palace habits that are indeed difficult to eliminate. Those below are sure to respect the above. He was used to his life, as a member of the kingdom.

"Hup!" The blonde boy jumped down, sighed in pain when he landed not elite, aka stumbled and hit the root stem.

"Owwieee ..." He grimaced, rubbing the lump that had begun to feel on his head. But the pain immediately disappeared when his body quickly regenerated to heal.

The frown on his face instantly vanished when he remembered something. The boy ran again, breaking through the forest around him.

The vast, thick forest behind the Palace building was like the place to play. He easily found a way out.

He sneaked when he saw one of the guards, indicating he was near the palace building. Running sneak, he sped swiftly towards a place.

The Uchiha clan strongly adhered to customs and culture. Therefore, their residence was very old fashioned, not changed at all since hundreds of years ago, but their buildings still stood strong and durable. Their residence was behind the Palace, covered in trees, but still well maintained, considering there were servants and guards guarding it. A strategic place, where beside it is a training center for knights, as well as an ANBU office, the Knights of the Konoha Kingdom Division is located.

The blonde boy cleverly passed the knights, sneaking into the Uchiha's residence. He ran quickly past the yard, then headed for a room that had a large window. As if he had been there many times, he easily reached the outside of the window.

He took a large brick, pushing it against the side of the wall. His body size, which was only a small boy, made him unable to reach the window which was indeed very high. With difficulty, he finally managed to peek into the room behind the window. The window opens, making it easier to see the whole room. The room is quite large, filled with various things such as toys and baby equipment, but the bead sapphire is only directed at one object.

Not far from the window, a small bed was seen, inside was a toddler who was fast asleep. Seen to be between two or three years old. Pale white and straight black hair. Wearing a plain white t-shirt.

The boy looked in amazement at the younger child. Stunned by the beauty of the little angel when sleeping. Indeed, toddlers who are asleep are indeed very beautiful. His skin was pure white like snow, while his hair was bluish black like the night sky. His chubby cheeks show a faint red tinge, adding to the very sweet effect on the toddler.

"Hime ..." whispered the boy was still hypnotized in awe. A smile so happy was painted on his lips. Never once did he feel sorry to run away from the servants and skip learning just to see the little angel.

Their first meeting was indeed just an accident. When the boy was invited for the first time to visit the Uchiha residence by his parents.Indeed it has become his hobby to run away from supervision and sneak around here because of high curiosity. There he found this windowless room. Immediately hypnotized the beauty of the little angel when he first saw it.

As if feeling someone watching him, the toddler wrinkled his eyebrows funny, before the pale white petals that had been closed began to open, showing two beads onyks that were no less beautiful than the owner. He looked confused, then began to wake his body to sit down.

The toddler blinked, tilted his head nervously, feeling curious about the blond boy who felt alien to him. "Who...?" the little toddler murmured with a pronunciation that was still unclear.

A red tinge immediately appeared on the boy's cheeks. He grinned happily to find his little angel asking him to speak. "Hime ...!" call him excited.

The toddler still looked confused, before a few moments later his lips curved to reveal a very sweet smile and a small laugh. With careful movement, he stepped down from his bed, then stepped with his small feet toward the window.

The blonde boy was thrilled to see his little angel walking toward him. The toddler's hands were lifted up as if asking to be carried when they were in front of the window. The boy became confused, but was immediately stunned when he saw a very sweet wide smile thrown by the toddler before—

"Niitann!" screamed the toddler was happy.

Eh?

Niitann ...?

Who does that mean—

"Na-ru-to-sa-ma- fiuhh " a voice suddenly calling along with a warm blow that touched the ears immediately made the boy shiver.

"Uwaaaa! -" He gasped in surprise and jumped backwards until he fell to the ground. The blue bead stares at the horror.

"Iii-itachiiii!"

Itachi just grinned a little, carrying one hand on his waist while looking at the blond boy. "What are you doing here, Naruto-sama?"

"U-uh — ii-that—" The boy who was called 'Naruto' was stuttering because being caught had run away. The bead glanced embarrassingly at the window.

Following his master's view, Itachi turned towards the window. Smile when you see a toddler there.

"Niitann!" call the toddler again.

"Hey, Sasuke ..." Itachi called his sister softly. Carefully, he raised his sister through the window, then carried him. The toddler squealed happily and immediately embraced tightly on his brother.

Naruto looked amazed at that. "Sasuke ...?" he whispered.

"His name is Sasuke ?!" he loudly voiced his curiosity.

"Hm?" Itachi looked at the blonde boy in surprise. He crouched down and lowered Sasuke to get close to Naruto. "This is my sister, Sasuke. Naruto-sama."

"Sasuke ..." Naruto called softly, his eyes twinkling when he could finally touch his little angel directly, not only looking from a distance, but actually touching him. A faint red tinge returned to his cheeks when Sasuke looked at him curiously. The toddler's small hand reached out, touching the doubt that three birthmarks were on Naruto's cheeks.

Whatever made him happy, Sasuke laughed nervously. His hands touched Naruto's cheeks curiously. Then suddenly, without the slightest warning, Sasuke suddenly brought his face closer to Naruto, and—

Kiss

A small but very soft kiss touched his lips. Naruto widened wide, then blinked in confusion. His cheeks immediately turned red.

Whoaahhh ...

"Uhh ... t-before ..." Naruto became embarrassed. But only a small laugh was answered by the little angel.

'Very sweet, bro!' Naruto squealed so gladly. Reflexively he embraced the toddler fiercely, but the sweet moment had to be eradicated when— "Ahem!" Itachi cleared his small throat.

"So what are you doing here, Naruto-sama?" same question. Itachi had to stop himself from laughing out loud when he saw the happy expression from the face of his little master immediately faded into panic.

"Why are you here, instead of sitting studying in the study room?" Itachi said again pretending to put on an angry face, even though he felt so amused at the heart of his little master who was secretly coming here because of his sister.

"U-uh ... II just ..." Naruto stuttered looking for an excuse.

"Only?" A small grin began to appear on Itachi's lips.

"Y-that's b-none of your business, Itachi is wrinkled!" Naruto shouted frantically, unable to reply.

"Oh, of course, this is my business, Naruto-sama. As your knight and guard, I have to know what you are doing, and make sure you do your learning as you should." Itachi replied with a triumphant smile.

"W-what ?! Naru — II don't need a nanny! Naruto — uh, I'm big! I'm six years old!" replied the blond boy arrogantly folding his hands in front of his chest.

"Oh really?" Itachi gave a small grin to hold back laughter.

"Of course!" The blonde boy nodded confidently, acting as though he really was an adult, despite the appearance that the boy didn't help at all.

The grin on Itachi's lips widened. "Then you should know that leaving your study assignment is a childish attitude."

Jleb! —The sentence stuck in the boy's pride. Cold sweat drips on the temples. "II didn't leave my assignment, h-just take a walk. Right! I just took a walk because I was bored, after that I would go back to the study room." He replied, spirit had succeeded in finding an excuse.

"Hoh? If so, it doesn't matter if you go back to the study room now?"

And that spirit immediately withered to hear the sentence that Itachi said. Like a poor puppy, Naruto could only nod in resignation.

The sound of the door opening suddenly rang together with a woman's soft voice. "Ara? Itachi? What are you doing there?" The woman seemed to have just entered Sasuke's room, seen as she began to walk closer to the window.

"Kaasan." Itachi nodded, greeting the woman who incidentally was her biological mother.

"Sasuke? Apparently you're awake ... Is he crying?" Mikoto extended her hand, asking Itachi for help to bring Sasuke to him. The toddler was immediately squealing gladly asking to be picked up when he saw his mother.

"Oh! Your Majesty! Gosh, I didn't realize you. I'm sorry." Mikoto smiled wryly when she realized that the crown prince was standing beside Itachi. "Are you practicing here? Come in, and drink one or two cups of tea with me. I just made a cake, Naruto-sama must like it." Invite him to be happy.

"Cake?!" Naruto sparkled happily.

"No, kaasan. Naruto-sama still has many things to learn at the Palace. He must return soon." Said Itachi interrupted, immediately breaking the spirit of Naruto who felt happy when he heard the cake.

"Oh, really? Too bad then. The crown prince's duty is more important." Said Mikoto showing a disappointed smile.

"Oh, right, Itachi! Obito is looking for you, he says your father wants to meet." Mikoto said again as she remembered her meeting with Obito before coming here.

'Father?' Itachi thought. "I understand, thank you kaasan." He said before turning to Naruto.

"Come on, Naruto-sama, you have to go back to the palace now."

"Hmph! I know that, Itachi wrinkles." Naruto replied mockingly, sticking his tongue out at Itachi before turning to Mikoto and waving his hand in delight. "See you later, Miko-bachann!" he said, grinning five fingers. "and Sasuke!" he added with laughter. The red color on his cheeks was immediately visible again when the toddler replied with a small laugh.

Kingdom Knights are trained troops who are given the trust to protect the kingdom. Not only the Palace area, they were obliged to protect all the people and territory of the Konoha Kingdom, even to remote areas. There are many branches of knight offices throughout the kingdom, but the main head office is in the palace. Being a knight in charge of protecting the palace is a great honor, which also means getting a more difficult task because it must protect the royal family directly.

Hokage, literally interpreted as 'Shadow of Fire', is a term used to call the knight leader of the Konoha Kingdom. The head of the Konoha royal knight division, ANBU, which means someone who moves as a shadow of the King, protects the entire kingdom, especially the royal family itself. Quite often also call it the King's right hand.

The ANBU office is not far from the Uchiha residence, which was actually built there for a reason. One reason was indeed related to the Uchiha clan itself.

"You are looking for me, Hokage-sama?"

Itachi bowed to the ANBU leader, before looking up at the Hokage, the man who was recognized as the strongest knight of the kingdom and his own biological father, Fugaku.

Yes, Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha family was a Hokage, the leader of the ANBU, the knight division of the Konoha Kingdom. The position that has been handed down by the head of the Uchiha family. Not only because the Uchiha clan included the royal demon clan, or because of an earlier custom. But indeed, because the Uchiha clan had recognized its strength, they never doubted their power to hold an important position as the King's right hand.

Since hundreds of years ago, since the establishment of the Konoha Kingdom, the Uchiha clan was entrusted as a knight clan. Despite their high status as royal demons, they chose to devote themselves to protecting the King, rather than being a Kingdom leader. Devotion that deserves a thumbs up because never once did they disappoint the King. Almost all demons from the Uchiha clan would definitely become a royal knight, and the strongest would be chosen as the warrior knight and his heir.

Just as Itachi was chosen to protect the crown prince, and Fugaku, who was the king's protective knight himself.

"How is the crown prince developing?" Fugaku nodded as a greeting, indirectly telling his eldest son to sit on one of the chairs.

"Naruto-sama is a genius demon. Even though the servant's supervision is tightened, he can still run away very easily. Not only that, given his wild and truant nature, he can easily understand even remembering every sentence from the books he learned in a short time. " Light Itachi in a tone of awe in his sentence.

Fugaku nodded a little, his expression remained flat as usual, although in his heart he was slightly amazed at that. "Are you having trouble keeping it?"

"Not." Itachi smiled lightly. "It's my duty to look after him wherever he is." That was true, even though there were times when he had to go around the whole palace in search of his little master, he had never experienced difficulties. There is a bond formed between a guard knight and his master. He could easily find traces of Naruto through the bond. Detecting the chakra of a blonde boy is not a difficult thing. He could even feel if there was a danger that came to threaten the safety of his master.

"A representative from the Kingdom of Ame will come next week, Minato-sama wants the crown prince to present himself. You already know your assignment, don't you, Itachi?" said Fugaku telling the news to his eldest son.

"I understand. I'll make sure Naruto-sama is ready during the meeting."

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Trak!

"Use your feet, Naruto-sama!"

Trak! Trak!

"Your movements are too stiff!" Itachi snapped again, moving the wooden sword in his right hand faster to attack the crown prince.

Trak! Trak! Duak!

"I say your foot movements, Naruto-sama, and relax your hand muscles!" Itachi snapped again warning of his master's mistakes in sword techniques.

"I know that, damnit!" The blonde boy groaned in annoyance, crashing as hard as he could to attack the raven youth who was his training teacher now.

Not! Duaak!

"Good, attack faster, noble!"

"Don't be too stiff!"

"Your shoulders are too tense!"

"Noisy!"

SEE!

"Arrghh!" The blond boy who carried the status as the crown prince shouted furiously, feeling very upset that his attempt to attack Itachi always failed. His body collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.

"You're cheating, Itachi! Your body is taller and you're stronger too!" protest the crown prince who is now seven years old.

"Hard training will make you familiar and memorize difficult techniques, Naruto-sama." replied Itachi sighing. He walked towards the sword rack on the side of the field, then put his wooden sword there.

"Still this isn't fair!" Naruto growled defensively. "I'm still seven years old! Why do you have to practice fighting techniques like this!"

"At your age, I am required to be able to defeat a monster by myself." Reply Itachi relaxed comparing with his experience.

Naruto who heard that was a little jolted in horror. "That's why, because you're a Uchiha! You have to be strong to protect the king!" Naruto didn't want to lose, still annoyed because he continued to fail in sword training.

"Nothing starts easily, Naruto-sama." Itachi sighed. He was getting used to Naruto's complaining attitude if he failed to do something. Well, since he was appointed as the knight guard of the crown prince, he is also trusted to take care of his master's education. Compared to knights, he was more like a caregiver because he had to take care of the crown prince's needs from education, karma, fighting techniques and self-defense, even though he himself still counted as a small child considering he was only twelve years old.

"You must master the sword techniques to protect yourself, Naruto-sama."

"But I have you protecting me!" Naruto shouted demanding, looking annoyed at Itachi.

"Danger can come when I'm not with you. I want you to be able to survive protecting yourself when it comes." Itachi smiled a little to rub the top of the boy's head like an older brother to the younger brother.

"Then, you just need to be with me right?" Naruto murmured with a tone still pouting.

"Well! Let's practice again, Naruto-sama." said Itachi, forcing his master to stand up and practice again.

"I know!" Naruto replied irritably.

Their training began again, Naruto as before attacked with all his might and haphazard. Making his attack predictable and avoiding Itachi.The sword training stopped when he saw someone walking past the corridor beside their training ground.

"Shimura-san. How are you." Itachi greeted the old man before him.

"Ah, good afternoon, Naruto-sama, Itachi-sama. You look very excited today."

Shimura Danzo, returned the greeting with a friendly smile. Behind him some servants bowed respectfully to the crown prince and his guard knight.

"Going to see His Majesty the King?" Itachi tried to make small talk.

"Right. There are a number of issues that must be discussed." Danzo still has a smile.

"Then ..." He glanced at the crown prince, still showing his smile even narrowing his eyes kindly. "See you, Your Honor." He said before walking away.

Naruto bent his eyebrows dislike. Even with whatever friendly smile Danzo showed him, he could still feel the cold aura from that man.

"I hate that uncle." He said suddenly.

Itachi looked at him not understanding. "Why did you say that?"

"He ... looks fake." The blonde boy snorted in disgust.

The large door to the king's study room was opened wide when he saw him coming. Danzo entered the large room, bowing down when he saw the king turned to him.

"Forgive my delay, Your Honor." He said being formal, then nodded slightly at Fugaku who was standing beside the king.

"Well, it doesn't need to be that formal, Danzo! We have been friends for a long time. After all, you are an advisory minister of this kingdom, I understand it." Minato replied casually, he told the waiter to take some documents, then walked to the meeting table and checked the contents of the document.

"Regarding the agreement with the Kingdom of Ame, have they sent the letter here?" Minato told Danzo to sit down, and began talking about their kingdom's problems.

"Two days ago, they said there was still something they wanted to submit in the agreement. They wanted a direct meeting." Fugaku added, he handed over the letter intended to Minato.

"I heard one piece of information saying they planned an attack on Konoha." Danzo suddenly said.

"How do you know that?"

"One of my subordinates saw them start gathering troops. I just felt strange about the agreement they submitted to Konoha. They seemed to want something." Clearly Danzo, he handed over some important documents he had brought here to the king. "Ame's economy is in trouble, no wonder they want to make an agreement with us."

"Hmmm, I think we really need to have a direct meeting."

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The clash of iron blades rang loudly, indicating that the attack had been stopped by Itachi again. Naruto was about to attack again, but a kick managed to trip over his leg and made him fall.

"Owwiee ..." He moaned in pain.

"Hn, your attack is still predictable, Naruto-sama." Itachi grinned a little at his master.

"Ahh, I'm tired." Complained the crown prince, laying his body lying on the ground.

"We take a break then." Itachi sighed, took the drinking bottle and handed it to Naruto.

"Hey Itachi ..." Naruto woke his body to sit down and take a sip of drinking water from the bottle, before putting it down just like that.

"About the dispute with the Kingdom of Ame, do you know anything?" he said staring directly at the raven youth in front of him.

"Only territorial disputes don't really matter." Reply Itachi relaxed, he put his sword into the scabbard, then walked to sit on the ground not far from the crown prince.

"It might not be a problem! I know the whole kingdom is talking about it. Father doesn't want to tell me, says I'm still too young to find out."Naruto said irritably, demanding an explanation to his father's eldest son's right hand.

"You are still too young to understand it, Naruto-sama." Itachi put on a thin smile.

"I'm not a child! This month I turned nine! I know about politics, territory, law, economics, relations with other kingdoms. You force me to learn everything, even I memorize every sentence." Naruto said irritably, supporting his chin on his hand and frowning.

Itachi sighed. Maybe it's true, as Naruto gets older, he gets more curious. In particular, regarding the issue of the kingdom itself, Naruto often asked him or his father or not, not even the child often sneaked into his father's office at a ministerial meeting.

"The ownerless empty area that is on the border between the kingdom of Ame and Konoha. I heard there was a struggle there." Itachi finally explained.

"Scramble for territory?" Naruto said, becoming very interested.

"Lately, gun battles have been involved. Even Ame said he would declare war if he didn't surrender the area. Minato-sama didn't want bloodshed. They were trying to negotiate it through an agreement."

"Wait, war ?! Ame smaller than our kingdom. If there is a war, Ame should be more disadvantaged because we are stronger." Naruto looked confused at Itachi.

"The territory does not necessarily determine the strength of a kingdom, Naruto-sama. I heard Ame has gathered strength since a year ago."

"Eh?" Naruto widened his eyes in surprise. He was about to say again, but stopped when he heard he was called.

"Naruto-sama, it's great to be able to meet you here." A woman's voice softly called out to her.

"Miko-bachan!" Naruto greeted the woman cheerfully, but his smile immediately withered when he saw someone walking beside Mikoto. "and fuga-jiji." Call it with a sneer.

"Tousan, Kaasan, what are you doing at the Palace?" Itachi greeted his parents.

"Only a small visit." Mikoto answered with a small laugh. "I haven't seen Kushina for a long time."

"Ah ... Sasuke, are you coming too?" Itachi glanced at the little boy who was seen hiding behind his mother's body.

"Sasuke ?!" Naruto immediately sparkled brightly when he heard the name of the little angel.

The little six-year-old boy gasped when he heard Naruto's voice, immediately hiding his face behind his mother's body. The raven mane is slightly visible, straight to the shoulder with the back slightly sticking out against gravity. Bluish black like the night sky. Still exactly the same as Naruto remembered.

Shyly, the raven boy tried to peek from his hide behind his mother's feet, immediately hiding again when his bead onks met directly with sapphire.

Mikoto chuckled at the behavior of her youngest child. "Sorry, Sasuke is really very shy with the person he just met."

Naruto was a little disappointed because his little angel didn't really remember it. He crouched down, peering at the very shy raven boy. The grin on his lips broke as he managed to get Sasuke's attention.

"Nee, Sasuke, don't you remember me?" he said hopefully looking at the little angel.

Sasuke did not answer, he looked up to look at his mother as if asking for approval, then glanced at Naruto again. He just fell silent, watching carefully the blonde boy in front of him. For some reason, three strokes resembling a cat's whiskers on the boy's cheek in front of him looked so attractive to him, and that very long golden blonde mane ... where had he seen it? Looks very beautiful and sparkles like ... sun?

"Come on, Sasuke, introduce yourself. This is His Majesty Crown Prince Naruto. You meet often, don't you remember?" Mikota invited his youngest son to meet.

"Your Honour?" in a small voice Sasuke answered, staring confusedly at his mother.

"Right, the person who will become the King of Konoha's Kingdom, Sasuke." Mikoto gave a small smile.

"King?" immediately the bead onyks glowed at him. Naruto felt his heart pounding when he saw a sweet smile on his little angel's lips.

"We must leave immediately, Mikoto." Fugaku has a small clearing reminiscent of the visit they should be doing now.

"Oh, right. Too bad. Even though I'm very happy to be able to meet the Crown Prince here." Mikoto said disappointedly. "Then until later, Naruto-sama. Visit our residence if you have time."

"Certain." Naruto nodded happily, not forgetting to show his friendly smile. Inwardly he felt disappointed when he saw Sasuke immediately walking to follow his parents. Her little hand held her mother's hand tightly, walking a little behind the mother like a secret.

Naruto was still staring at their departure far away, and when he thought Sasuke would not look at him one last time. The raven boy suddenly turned, staring directly at the bead sapphire. They stared for a moment, before suddenly Sasuke's tiny lips formed a very sweet smile. Then it broke into adorable, crunchy laughter that made his eyes narrow as pleased, not forgetting a wave of hand directed at him.

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Uwaahhhhhhh ...

"D-He is a master once!" shrieked Naruto, unable to stand.

"You sound like pedophile grandparents, Naruto-sama." Itachi said flatly.

"W-what ?!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

The servants and medical experts were sincerely happy with the good news they received that morning.

"Congratulations, Kushina-sama!"

"Congratulations on your second pregnancy!"

It was the happiest day for the entire Konoha Kingdom when the news spread. The Queen had just discovered that she was carrying a second inheritance.

Naruto was very panicked when he heard the news that his mother had fallen ill lately. However, when the cause of the illness is known to be none other than because it is pregnant. Suddenly, he became blank , not knowing what to respond to.

"Come here, Naruto. I want you to touch it." Call Kushina softly to the child who is still frozen in the middle of the room.

Naruto blinked, before hesitantly walking closer to his mother. His mother's hand was immediately held by the mother, then placed on the surface of her mother's stomach skin.

"Pregnant?" Naruto was shocked when he could feel the new chakra growing there.

"Right, you will soon have a sister. Are you happy, honey?" Kushina said with a loving smile.

"Sister ..." Naruto whispered in disbelief. "I will have a younger brother ..."

"Is he a man ?! Or a girl ?!" he became very excited when he realized he would become an older brother ..

Kushina chuckled at her son's attitude. "We still can't find out until the last month, Naruto."

"Ehh? But I want a younger brother. I want to invite him to practice swords! And play in the back forest! There is something I want to show there!" Naruto said, twinkling, happy to imagine how nice it would be if his sister was born later.

"This can't be left anymore, we have to do something, Minato!"

Danzo voiced his frustration loudly, squeezing the paper he held tightly. In front of him, Minato sighed, leaning his body against the armchair.He was clearly feeling tired.

"It seems like Ame did not intend to make an agreement from the start." Fugaku spoke mediately, took one document and read it again.

"There have been several gun battles, and everything was triggered by Ame! Obviously they want war!" Danzo spoke again

"What about the troops on our side?"

"I ordered them not to act rashly, let alone attack outside my orders." Bright Fugaku folded his hands in front of his chest. He closed his eyes for a moment before looking back at Minato. "For now, we are in a defensive position unless Ame alone triggers an attack."

"We'd better not be provoked by their attack, Fugaku." The man who bears the title of King of Konoha finally makes a sound. "If they want war, then the counterattack from our forces is the thing they are most waiting for. There must be a better way to resolve this dispute."

"Your Majesty. They want some of our territory! Many victims have fallen as a result of their attacks. If it continues to be left like this ..."

"We have secured people in the border region. Ame will not act far into our territory." Fugaku mediates again.

"But what about the region ?! The territory on the side of the border belongs to Konoha. Ame has no right to claim it just because the area also borders on their territory!" Danzo said he did not agree.

"No. From the beginning the area did not belong to us, but it did not belong to Ame either. It was a no-man's-land. Both Konoha and Ame had never questioned it, decided to use the region as a transitional or border region. Both Konoha and Ame were the same. -sama uses it. "

"Then what now? They want ownership rights over the territory! Konoha also has the right to claim it!"

"This can still be solved by writing. We can divide the area into two, thus—

"If they want a peace agreement from the start, then it is impossible for them to carry out a weapon attack like this!"

"Then, do you want to say it would be better for us to return their attacks ?!" Minato looked at Danzo, narrowing his eyes sharply.

"It is true." Danzo returned the gaze without hesitation. "We tell the Kingdom of Ame who is the strongest and has the right to get the territory."

"We can't do that." Minato sighed, moving his finger to massage his temples which felt dizzy. "Ame has formed strength since a year ago. They are one step ahead of us. I don't want to sacrifice our troops for a war whose chances of winning are small."

"We have more troops, we can certainly do it—

"They won't be ready! You know it yourself, Danzo. Ame's strength has increased dramatically since a few years ago. It would be very difficult to win it."

"No. We can win it easily if we use ' that '!" Danzo gritted his teeth furiously.

"' That '?! What do you mean?" Minato wrinkled her brows not understanding.

Danzo smiled coldly, making the two demons in front of him increasingly staring at him confusedly. He also said, saying one sentence that should be very taboo. "Forbidden Control Magic."

Widened was an automatic reaction Minato felt, before he narrowed his eyes sharply. "How did you hear that?" he asked coldly.

The smile on Danzo's lips widened into a cold grin. Feeling victorious because you have pressed the right button. "Forbidden Controller Magic. It was the strongest magic of the Konoha Kingdom. Of course I—

"Not." Minato sharply interrupted. Looking coldly at the man who was the advisory minister before him. "How did you hear that, Danzo?"

A cold aura from Minato made Danzo begin to doubt his decision. He did not know whether he had pressed the right button or even stepped on a mine. "I told you that—

"No one should know about the existence of the magic, except me, the king of the Konoha Kingdom. Where did you find out, Danzo."

Danzo clenched his hands hidden behind the table. "I am the advisor of this kingdom, I should have known all the power of this kingdom!"

"That magic is called forbidden because it is forbidden to use. Nobody knows about the existence of magic. Forbidden magic that has been kept secret from generation to generation since Hashirama Ou-sama's leadership! Only throne holders know it. How can you find out about that magic ?! " Minato glared at his advisory minister.

Danzo paused for a moment, without turning his gaze from the king. He finally said. "Sandaime Ou-sama told me."

"Sandaime ?!" Minato widened in disbelief. "There's no way Hiruzen-sama—

"That doesn't matter. The most important thing now, we have to use that magic to defeat Ame, that way—

"We can't do it!" Minato snapped angrily. "Do you know what exactly is forbidden controlling magic ?!"

"Sure. Magic beast control magic. " Danzo smiled coldly. "That is Konoha's greatest power! With the strongest magic that can control the demon beasts , Konoha will become the strongest Kingdom of all time!"

"That is forbidden magic." Minato gritted her teeth. "Do you think why the Kings keep it a secret until now ?! That magic should not be used let alone known by others. If someone uses it for evil purposes, this world will be damaged! The great war that happened thousands of years ago will be repeated!"

"This is our chance, Minato!" growled Danzo insisted. "Ame will not move if we control one of the demon beasts to defeat him! Konoha will become the strongest kingdom, not only Ame, another kingdom, even the whole world will submit to our Kingdom! Konoha will be the strongest—

BRAK!

"You are crazy!" Minato snapped angrily, pounding the table in front of him violently. He took a deep breath and then exhaled heavily. "Forget this talk. Get out of my room, Danzo." He said coldly before closing his eyes for a moment heavy.

Forbidden Control Magic.

Nobody has ever heard, let alone know of its existence.

Except for the Kings of Konoha's Kingdom, and their heirs.

Forbidden magic that can be used to control demon beasts. Right. Demon Beast. Nine of the strongest creatures closest to get the title as Deities. Tailed creatures that thousands of years ago managed to stop the great war between demons and monsters. And now the rumored forbidden magic can control the nine protective gods. Nobody knows what shape and how much magic is. Nobody knows where it came from. And nobody knows how to use it.

Even the kings of Konoha who had hereditary received a very secret order to protect the magic, did not dare to open or touch its existence.They didn't even dare to imagine what magic could really be used.

That said, before the formation of the Konoha Kingdom, Senju Hashirama, who was the first king of the Konoha Kingdom, had once used it.No one knows for sure how and what happened when it happened, but hearing the name alone made the kings not dare to touch it.Hashirama decided to seal the power in the most hidden place in the Konoha Kingdom.

That's why the king's crown was formed.

Only someone who got the throne directly from the previous king was entitled to become the next Konoha king. Not only as evidence, the sign was also the key to opening the place where the demon beast control prohibited magic was sealed. With the sign, the kings carried out a heavy duty to protect the existence of the magic.

But now,

Whether from where Danzo found out, the existence of magic had leaked its secrecy ...

"Damn!"

Danzo growled angrily. Staring fiercely at whatever he saw. He took a corner, passed a lonely road that was rarely passed by anyone, even servants and guards.

The mask is always smiling with a friendly smile. He gritted his teeth fiercely, his hands clenched as if he wanted to hit anyone who dared to appear in front of him.

Just a little more.

A LITTLE STAY AGAIN.

He thought he would succeed in persuading Minato to use the magic. But now...

"That junk boy even dared to yell at me. Damn it! If only at that time Hiruzen chose me to be King, everything wouldn't be this hard!"

"Damn, this is all because the runny boy suddenly appeared arbitrarily and ran for the King's candidate!"

"I should be sitting on the throne now!"

Danzo cursed loudly, blasting his anger furiously.

"Sai!" He suddenly shouted for someone.

"I know you're here. Get out!" he snapped, still full of anger. He turned to his side as the summoned person finally appeared and knelt in front of him.

"Yes, Danzo-sama." Sai answered obediently. A plain faceless porcelain mask was attached to his face.

"Send Ame a message to have a meeting with me." Danzo ruled coldly.

"What about the plan, Danzo-sama?"

"I have to change it. Minato won't want to tell the existence of the magic. The runny boy is too soft." Danzo chuckled in disgust. "Tonight, in a normal place." His order was flat before he walked away.

"Fine, Danzo-sama." Sai looked down respectfully, then looked up to follow the figure of Danzo who walked away leaving him.

After his master's figure was completely gone, he stood up from his knees and turned to the bushes not far from his place. He walked in silence, approaching the bushes, until finally he could capture the scene behind the thick bush.

A nine-year-old boy widened staring at him. His long blonde mane looks messy. His dirty body and clothes would indicate that the boy had been there for a long time. The boy sapphire looked at him in horror.

Sai just fell silent. Not moving or making a sound. He stared flatly at the blonde boy who he knew held the title of crown prince. After a while, he decided to leave without doing anything.

The boy blinked in confusion when he saw the masked young man in front of him suddenly disappear in an instant. He turned to and fro, but only found himself alone in that place.

"W-what was that just now— ?!"

Naruto widened in horror as well as not understanding, remembering Danzo's conversation and the masked young man he had just accidentally heard.

The sound of footsteps echoed between the wooden walls, telling the demons who were already there that the person they were waiting for had finally arrived. The wooden door was open to let the person enter. A room illuminated dimly by a flame torch was visible. With a large table in the middle and several people sitting around him were like being in an important meeting.

"You're late, Danzo!" a man said to the person who just arrived. He wore a face helmet similar to a respirator, covering most of his face and long blonde hair.

Danzo just continued his steps, then took a seat in one of the empty chairs. His flat face did not seem to intend to return the greeting.

"There are a lot of things I have to finish before coming here." he said without expression.

"How disrespectful! You've been waiting for Hanzou-sama, and that's your apology?" a demon who served as Ame Kingdom guards said he did not accept.

Before the opportunity to answer, a man with a helmet respirator had interrupted. The bodyguard immediately looked down respectfully to see his master want to speak.

"How is the plan?" the man spoke, or maybe it would be easier if called by the name 'Hanzou', a man who holds the status of being the leader of the Kingdom of Ame.

"We have to change the plan." Danzo finally said seriously. "Minato won't open his mouth. It seems easier if we take the path of violence."

"Tch." Hanzou clicked. "Do you want to say my efforts to provoke him with war only end in vain ?!"

"No. This is actually beneficial. Our original plan was to urge Minato to take out the demon beast's controlling magic, and when that happened I would take the magic to rule over this kingdom. But I guess it will be difficult now."

Danzo leaned on the chair. Without averting his gaze from the ruler Ame, he said again.

"Even so, we still have one chance. Thanks to the small attack that you did, the palace defense declined slightly because the kingdom focused on disputes in the border region. We can launch plan B while they are careless."

"That plan won't work easily!" Hanzou didn't approve it a little. "You don't forget that Minato has a Uchiha clan that protects him right ?! Uchiha is not an easily defeated opponent. Even though my troop strength has increased dramatically this year. They will still find it difficult if they have to deal directly with the Uchiha clan."

"I've thought about that." Danzo said without hesitation. "This plan is indeed very difficult to do if we have to deal directly with the power of the Uchiha clan. But they have one weakness."

"Weakness?!" Hanzo looked at the man in front of him with interest.

"Right. Weakness." Danzo grinned sharply. "The Uchiha have one fatal weakness which they have kept secret from generation to generation. We will use it."

"Oh, it looks like you are very confident. Danzo." Hanzou grinned.

Spooky laughter slipped slowly from Danzo's lips. "Certain." He grinned wider. "You just need to help me defeat them. I've thought about the plan carefully. Destroy the royal leadership now, and help me become the next king. That way, we will be able to get illicit magic more easily. You will get the territory you want , Hanzou, and I will get what I want too. " He said grinning scaryly.

"Interesting." Hanzou smiled with satisfaction. "When will the plan begin?"

There was a glimpse of sharp flashes glowing on Danzo's black bead while speaking. The smile on his lips was full of confidence.

"During the red moon night."

"Minato."

Fugaku looked at his friend with sympathy. He walked towards the balcony where Minato stood staring at the night view.

"What do you think, Fugaku?"

Minato let out a small sigh, then gave a thin smile while turning to her best friend and right hand of trust.

"I sent Ame a message to have a meeting." The light of Fugaku, took place beside the blond man. The sparkling lights from the capital looked colorful from the palace balcony above where he stood.

Minato only nodded slightly. He turned around and leaned on the concrete fence surrounding the large balcony.

"Danzo ..." he said weighing. "Do you think what Danzo said is true?"

"About what?"

"He told Hiruzen-sama who told him about the forbidden controlling magic ..."

"Sandaime Ou-sama is not an easy person to divulge a secret." Fugaku said his opinion. He held his arms behind his waist, while his eyes stared straight at the view of the capital far in front of him.

"That's right ..." Minato said looking up at the dark sky. "I feel there is something hidden by Danzo."

"From the beginning, I never trusted that man. You chose him to be the royal advisor."

"Hey! Now you blame me ?!" Minato looked annoyed at his best friend.

"Not." Fugaku grinned slightly. "I'm just glad Sandaime Ou-sama didn't choose to be king, or I would have trouble putting my trust in this royal king."

"Is that bad?" Minato looked at him in surprise. "I think the Uchiha will always devote himself to Konoha, whoever the king is."

"The Uchiha clan is dedicated to protecting the Konoha Kingdom. But it's because of our oath to Hashirama Ou-sama. Our job is to protect this kingdom, including the secret of demon beast control magic. The Uchiha will sacrifice lives to protect Konoha and destroy anything that threatens the kingdom Even if ... "Fugaku paused for a moment, then looked seriously at Minato.

"... it is the king who threatens this kingdom. The Uchiha will do anything to destroy it."

Minato whistled softly at the statement. "I feel threatened." small weakness. "How about me? Have I become a good king?"

He sighed and then turned to look at the capital city. "I feel I don't deserve this position ..." he muttered softly, but could still be heard by Fugaku who was standing beside him.

"You humbled Minato too much." Fugaku said firmly, but still in a friendly tone. "As the only demon who managed to get nine tails just by training and hard work, there is nothing more worthy of you."

"Do you think so?" Minato gave a small smile. "I'm flattered to get praise from a Uchiha."

"I'm just telling the truth." Fugaku flatly replied.

It is true. Namikaze Minato, is a demon genius, the only demon who managed to get nine tail power due to his rigorous training. Just growing one tail is difficult, requiring chakra training many times, let alone growing nine tails. No one can imagine how it is practiced. Unlike the Uzumaki clan which genetically has nine tails.

"Fugaku." Minato called his best friend seriously.

Fugaku turned around, but said nothing to reply.

"Are you sure you don't want to take the place of the King's candidate?"

For others, they might gasp at this question. But Fugaku just sighed. This is not the first time the king has asked that.

"Not." The same firm answer as before.

"But, as a royal demon, you also have the right to lead this kingdom. Uchiha is a strong demon. I'm sure Konoha will get better under your leadership." Minato looked at him straight.

"The Uchiha will only devote himself as a guard knight." Fugaku replied without hesitation.

"But ..." Minato sighed. "What about Itachi? I hear he's a very genius child. I can make him one of the king's candidates if you want him."

"Naruto-sama is more than enough to be the heir to the throne."

"Tsk."Minato snorted a little. "You Uchihas are very stubborn."

"That's one reason Hashirama-sama chose the Uchiha to protect Konoha." Fugaku replied easily.

"You are right." The man with the title of the king chuckled softly.

"I heard it will happen in two days?" he said suddenly remembering something.

"Right." Fugaku closed his eyes for a moment, before looking at the capital in front of him.

"Are you going to do a month-long ritual as usual?"

"I will tell the knights to guard more tightly when we perform the ritual." Fugaku said again.

"Well, the red moon only happens last night. You don't need to think too much about it. Even with the Uchiha, the Palace still has several knights. Perform your rituals casually and rest. We will be fine inside the palace." Minato said calmly.

"No. The safety of the royal family is the responsibility of the Uchiha. This is a shame because we were forced to leave our duties because of useless garbage rituals."

"You just swore." Minato chuckled amused.

"Hn."Fugaku sighed. "I really don't like the ritual night."

"Is that so bad?" Minato asked curiously. "I don't know how it feels to lose power suddenly like that. But I think your ancestors did a good job by making a ritual ceremony camouflage to cover up the weaknesses of the Uchihas."

Right.

Weakness.

Uchiha has one weakness.

Behind the extraordinary power and fear of the demons, the Uchiha had one fatal weakness. Nobody knew anything except them, the Uchiha themselves, and the kings they protected.

There is a story that says, the wolf clan will become stronger during the full moon. But of the many full moon, there is one month which is actually a threat to them. That was the time of the red lunar eclipse.

The moonlight that should have shone brightly beautifully, turned bright red as if covered in blood. They call it the Bloody Month. The moon should be the source of the strength of the wolves as if they were injured. Removing a blood red that looks very painful. To save the moon, the wolves will perform a ritual of purification. Rituals that are believed to be able to purify the moon from anything that hurts it, and restore moonlight as before.

It's just a story, but the reality actually happened to the Uchiha clan.

Every full moon, the Uchiha will get additional strength from the moon. But when a red lunar eclipse occurs, a very opposite thing happens to them.

Uchiha lost all his strength in one night.

They won't be able to use their chakra, let alone turn their bodies into wolf demons. Their chakra disappeared instantly, as if it had disappeared together with the moonlight being consumed by blood red.

The red lunar eclipse only occurs once a year, but it becomes a very fatal weakness if someone else knows it. Their defense will decline dramatically. Therefore, they held a ritual of purification of the moon to cover it.

All members of the Uchiha clan will return to their homes, to hide their weak side, arguing that they must perform a ritual in honor of the month that is the source of their strength,

Outsiders who don't know it will only think it is one of the traditional rituals that must be carried out by the Uchihas. Even though the reality is actually quite painful because the Uchiha who are supposed to be very strong, they must hide inside the house when their weak side appears.

And that painful night will happen in two days.

The red lunar eclipse, where the Uchihas will lose their power in one night will occur two days from now ...

... and without their knowledge, that night will be the most painful night ...

Ssssssssssshhhhhhh ...!

The cold wind slid slowly, before a few moments completely disappeared. A day that is usually very crowded suddenly becomes very quiet. Tranquility felt as if strangling with tension.

The day should still be late afternoon, but the darkness had begun to color the sky. The red color has begun to decorate the horizon, where the sun begins to fade away and is engulfed by darkness. As if knowing, the night will be different from usual, the people have returned to their homes to take refuge comfortably.

Deep in the sky, the moon has revealed its form, little by little from just a crescent shaped to becoming full. It still glows bright white like the usual full moon. Before when the sky grew darker, and night began to come. A dark shadow began to come as if eating the moon.

Yes. A lunar eclipse is happening.

People who are waiting for this amazing phenomenon one by one begin to peek from the window to look at the beauty of the moon which is gradually stained by red.

But, behind the admiration of the people, a demon clan was feeling a painful night.

The ritual of purifying the red moon is only camouflage. Done only for customary formalities, while they will choose to hide indoors, endure pain and weakness when their power disappears slowly.

The moon is injured.

Stained by blood red little by little until finally becoming a total red moon.

Kushina suddenly woke up from her deep sleep. He yawned a little, then woke his body to get out of bed. Next to him, Minato was seen still sleeping comfortably. Carefully, trying not to wake the beloved, he came out of his room.

It was late at night, making the palace building look very quiet, there were only a few guards in every corner of the place.

Kushina rubbed her arm in search of warmth. He should use a sleeping coat before exiting the room. I don't know what caused it, the night felt colder and quieter than usual. He walked to the restroom, immediately doing his needs there and then went back into his room.

Filling silence, he hummed a little. Take a leisurely walk through the long corridor to the room. One of his hands happily caressed the surface of his stomach which had begun to enlarge. Soon to be stepping on the third month of her pregnancy. He can't wait for the birth of his second child in four months.

"Huh?" Suddenly he stopped.

Kushina looked around in surprise, feeling something was awkward. Frowning, he decided to walk back to his room. His footsteps began to become fast when he felt something strange.

"Your Honour."

Someone suddenly called, making him look back and—

BUGH!

—The whole consciousness was suddenly forcibly taken away before everything went dark ...

"Hah!"

Naruto awoke suddenly from sleep. He gasped in surprise, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare. Glancing around his room, he took a breath to normalize his slightly hunting breath. He took a deep breath, then exhaled softly. He closed his eyes again, decided to go back to sleep. But something suddenly woke him up in an instant.

"Th-this ?!" He jumped up, staring confusedly at the dimly lit room of his room.

The sense of smell was very uncomfortable, kissing suddenly something very piercing. The blue bead widened in horror as he recognized what smell was stinging his sense of smell.

Blood.

Smell of blood.

There is a smell of blood everywhere.

What really happened?!

The blonde boy jumped up from his bed, frantically running towards a table where he put a throne sword that was inherited by the king to him. His little hand was trembling slightly in panic, holding onto the sword made of gold.

The instinct in his body seemed to scream.

He suddenly felt so scared. A very frightening cold could be felt from where it came from, and the smell of blood ...

There is a smell of blood everywhere!

The boy tried to fight fear, ran frantically towards the exit of his room. Trembling, he opened the door.

A long, dimly lit corridor was immediately visible to him. The stinging smell of blood immediately rushed into his sense of smell, making his instincts scream more frantically telling him to do something.

Naruto ran quickly to the room where his parents were. He looked around, feeling odd when he did not meet any of the guards in the entire palace corridor that he passed. And when he was about to take a corner, he suddenly tripped over.

"Ow!" it's in pain. He grimaced, then moved his body trying to get up.

"Huh?"His movement stopped when his hand touched something strange. Something was soaking his hands. Something thick and ...

He widened in horror.

Red.

Red.

A rancid smell like iron rust.

Stick to his palm.

Very thick and thick.

Naruto glanced to his side and—

"U — Wa — Aaahh!" He screamed in fear, staring at the horror of the scene in front of him.

Red.

The thick red liquid flowed ...

... from the lifeless body lying in front of him.

Not.

Naruto looked at his palm.

Not!

Immediately wiped the red liquid on the floor like hardwood.

"Not!" He screamed, moved back in fear, before he finally managed to stand up and immediately ran as fast as he could from the place.

Someone...

Someone just got killed ...

A palace guard has just been killed!

The blonde boy ran frantically, almost collapsed in shock when he saw another guard who had been lying full of blood in the middle of the road that passed him.

Then more and more guards he found on the road.

And again,

Again,

Again,

AGAIN

Everything was killed so horribly.

The smell of blood stings from all over the place.

"Otosan ... kaasan ..." he whispered in fear calling his parents, running as fast as he could to the room where his parents were.

His eyes were almost closed in panic, not daring to capture the frightening sight where the guards were laying full of blood.

"Naruto!"

A familiar voice suddenly called out to him, making the boy quickly stop and turn.

"Otousan!" he called quickly running toward his father.

Minato immediately embraced her only son.

"Are you hurt ?!" he asked very worried, immediately checking his son's condition.

Naruto shook his head quickly. "W-what is—" his breath was panting.

"W-what — didn't happen—" panic still invaded his mind. The boy took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. Although a flash of fear was still clearly visible in his eyes.

"Calm down. You must be calm, everything will be fine." Minato said calmly. Although the look on his face was not much different from his son. Maybe even worse. His expression looked pale like he was holding back pain. He himself did not understand what was happening. He suddenly woke up to see the condition of the palace was very bad. The guards have fallen. Obviously someone is attacking, and Kushina ...

"O-otousan is alright ?!" Naruto looked at his father's pale expression with worry.

"Yes, Otousan is fine. We must leave immediately." Minato gave a small smile, then pulled his son to walk quickly.

"W-where is Kaasan ?!"

The question succeeded in making Minato almost stop his steps.

"Otousan! Where is Kaasan ?!" Naruto shouted frantically asking for an answer when his father did not reply.

Biting his lips, Minato finally answered. "We must immediately find Kaasan."

The blonde boy widened at that answer. "W-Did something happen to Kaasan ?!"

"Tousan! What happened to Kaasan!" he shouted in panic.

"Naruto!"Minato called his son firmly. He squatted, so that his gaze was straight in line with his son. His hands raised, squeezed his son's shoulders lightly.

"Listen. Someone — no, a group of people are attacking us. They are aiming for something in this kingdom. Do you remember the one secret that you once told you?"

Naruto, still engulfed in confusion, could only nod in agreement.

"Good. You have to keep the secret for the rest of your life. Do you understand?"

Naruto nodded again.

"Otousan, Kaasan, and yourself, will never escape danger. Because of that, you want to promise one thing. Whatever happens, you shouldn't be afraid. Do you understand, Naruto?"

Minato looked seriously at his son, waiting for his son to understand the situation they were facing.

Gulping softly, Naruto nodded, fighting the trembling in his body who screamed in fear. "II won't be afraid."

"Nice."Minato smiled with relief, gently stroking the tip of his son's head. He knew he would be able to rely on his son later.

"Come on, we have to go. Someone has brought your prisoner away. We must immediately save him." Said Minato guiding his son to walk again. His palms clenched tightly holding back the anger that was ready to explode.

Behind him, Naruto walked along, gripping the throne sword he was carrying.

'I will not be afraid.' Like a spell, the sentence was repeated many times in his mind.

Minato sharpened his senses to look for Kushina. Use their chakra ties to try to summon the existence of his lover. He felt something bad would happen. All his instincts as if shouting told him to immediately find Kushiha. If not...

If he gets late ...

D DEGH H

Something suddenly stung his chest and—

"U — UKKHH!"

Minato screamed in pain, her body collapsed to the floor. His hands squeezed tightly against his chest.

"T-tousan ?!" Naruto shouted frantically, calling his father suddenly in pain.

"Tousan! What happened ?! Tousan ?!"

"S-shit!" Minato's curse held back pain. He forced his body to stand up. The blue bead obstructs anger. "B-jerk!" He shouted again.

The pain in his body was getting stronger, but there was not a single wound or blood there.

He knows this feeling of pain.

He can feel it.

Pain sickness does not originate from him, but from someone bound to him.

Someone — Whoever the jerk demon who is now kidnapping Kushina, has dared to touch even hurt her!

Minato growled angrily, ignoring the pain in his chest. He stood up and walked quickly to his wife.

"T-tousan, watch out!" Naruto suddenly called out to him, before something fast was visible at a glance and—

BAM!

Itachi gasped suddenly. Something very bad suddenly felt, waking up all of his body instincts. He glanced around the room, making sure there was no danger, he carefully woke up from his sleeping futon. Without a sound, he stepped towards the weapons cabinet not far from him. Moving as quietly as possible, he took a sword, and several kunai to tuck into his kimono pocket.

He hid behind a dark shadow, opened the door of his room carefully. Glancing into the outer corridor, he checked the danger.

The smell of thick blood that attacked his nose, added to his belief that the Uchiha residence was being attacked. There is a lot of unfamiliar foreign chakra that is infiltrating into his house.

After making sure the area outside the room is safe, he settles out without making a sound. Cursing the moon in silence because at the weakest moment, they actually get a precarious situation. Cursing again in my heart, when I realized the chakra sensor could not be used to the fullest.

Itachi used all his instincts to understand the situation that occurred at his home. The Manik Onyks widened when they found someone lying on the floor. The thick red liquid that flows from the person's body does not need to tell him twice if someone has just attacked him.

Quickly, he checked the body of the man he knew as one of his father's cousins. Clucking upset when he found the man's pulse had stopped. He can't help him anymore.

Not wanting to waste time, the raven young man immediately moved again looking for someone who was alive, or at least could help him understand the situation. Glancing at him when he found a number of guards who had been lying full of blood.

He must immediately seek help.

He must immediately wake the Uchihas to help him.

Wait, how about the parents?

How about ... Sasuke!

Itachi cursed harshly in his heart, before running fast towards his sister's room.

Slash!

A woman did not have time to shout, when suddenly something sharp sliced her neck. The red liquid was pouring profusely as soon as his life vanished.

Jleb!

A guard can't move when his heart is suddenly stabbed in the back. Blood dripped from his mouth. The guard tried to see someone who had just stabbed him. A glimpse of the shadow of a faceless plain white porcelain mask was the last thing he saw before everything went dark.

Slash! Slash!

"Gyaaah!" the man screamed in pain when he was suddenly attacked from behind. His body collapsed, soaked in his own blood.

"Please, Gyaarrrh!"

Slash!

The sharp sword quickly slashed again one of the members of the Uchiha clan. This very sudden attack made the Uchiha woman not have time to fight. He also collapsed without power.

The three porcelain masked demons were the last thing he remembered having attacked him, before his consciousness vanished.

SLASH!

Whatever was bothering him, Sasuke suddenly woke up from sleep. The little boy yawned sleepily, staring confusedly around his room. A sudden cold made him goose bumps. He pulled his pants tightly, before he left his futon and ran to the restroom.

After finishing with the restroom business, he walked back to the room. One of his hands rubbed the corner of his eye. He is still very sleepy. Why suddenly wake up in the middle of the night like that?

"Huh?" something suddenly caught his attention.

The little boy turned to the direction where his parents' room was not far from his room. Something made him feel weird. Following his curiosity, he walked over to his parents' room.

With his small hand, he tried to open the door to his parents' room. A wide smile was painted on his lips when he called out. "Tousan ...! Kaa—

His body suddenly froze when he managed to open the door. The smile on his lips vanished along with his voice. "... Hey ..."

He froze.

His Manik Onks stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

"Tou ... san?" he tried to call again, but could not move his body to move.

The onyx beads are still locked in the scenery in the room.

"Kaasan ...?" Sasuke called again.

But none of his parents answered his call.

"Tousan ... ?!" he called harder, forcing his body to move forward and—

Splash!

- something wet suddenly touched his feet.

Sasuke looked down, looking puzzled at the thick red liquid that was flooding the floor.

A very thick, rancid smell immediately infiltrated his nose.

His body was fixed.

The red liquid is so much, it stains its white legs.

Sasuke tried to walk again, and his legs were stained by a deep red color.

His Manik Onyks widened, then he looked up at the front where he saw his parents lying.

"K-kaasan!"

Suddenly he panicked.

His legs moved faster to approach his parents, but his legs tripped and his body collapsed to the floor.

Sasuke winced in pain, he raised his hand, wide-eyed when he found that the red liquid was everywhere.

"U-uh!" He tried to wipe the red liquid from his hand on the shirt. Increasingly wide-eyed in horror when he realized that now his clothes were stained with a lot of red.

Rancid smell.

The smell is very piercing.

It's everywhere.

Smell ... blood ...

Blood...

There is blood everywhere ...

Whose blood ...?

Sasuke froze. He looked at the thick red liquid in front of him, then followed the red droplets from which the liquid came from. And when his vision finally stopped. His mind is empty.

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He tried to scream, but his voice choked.

His small hand trembled to touch his father's body. He tried to move it.

"... t..ou..san!" he trembled to call, moving the lifeless body that was now in front of him.

"... bro ..." the voice choked, trying to call harder to his parents.

Warm water dammed, before slowly dripping down his cheeks.

They did not answer.

They did not reply to his call.

No matter how many times he calls, they still don't move.

His mother and father did not move at all!

He shouted loudly, his voice hoarse with tears.

"Tousan! Kaasan!"

"Sasuke ?!"

Itachi opened the door of his sister's room in panic. He stared wide into the entire room when he didn't find his sister there. He quickly ran out, checking the restroom, before finally he stopped staring at his parents' room.

Immediately he approached the room, found the door to the room was open. And when he saw the contents of the room, his body froze.

He widened.

His mouth opened, but did not make the slightest noise.

His view is empty.

The thick red liquid flowing from the bodies of his parents was enough proof that they could not be helped.

A small cry, forced him to divert attention from his parents' body. He looked wide to find Sasuke who sat in fear in front of his father and mother's body.

Thinking quickly, he put aside all his emotions, and immediately approached his sister.

"Sasuke!" he called his sister, quickly lifting the little body of his sister from where he sat.

"Sasuke! We have to go quickly!" he said acting quickly, holding his sister's hand, and pulled him to walk quickly out of the room.

"Niisan—"

"Shut up! We must leave here immediately!"

Itachi ran quickly to guide his sister. He must immediately find a way out. He alone would not be able to succeed in defeating the intruders who attacked his clan. Plus the condition of his body that does not allow using chakra ...

At least...

At the very least, even if it's just the two of them ...

They must stay safe.

They must stay alive.

Something fast suddenly came from the side and— Buagh! - slammed his body against a wooden wall behind him.

"Niisan!" Sasuke squealed with fear seeing his brother being attacked.

"S-shit!" Itachi cursed irritably, ignoring the pain in her body and standing up again. Quickly, he pulled his sister to hide behind his body. His Manik Onyks stared fiercely at the four plain white masked demons he had just attacked earlier.

"The two of them are the sons of the successor to the Uchiha clan. Catch them!" ordered one demon when he recognized the two children in front of him.

Itachi immediately pulled the sword he was carrying, parrying the attack from the three demons that attacked him simultaneously.

"N-nisaan!" behind him Sasuke trembled in fear. Feel panic because you can't do anything.

"Damn!"Itachi said, he launched a fast attack. Successfully injuring one of his enemies with a sword, then not wasting time, he immediately launched a hard kick on the other enemy.

The three demons that attacked him successfully slammed away by his attack. He immediately pulled Sasuke to run away. Clucking in annoyance when he saw the four masked demons had started chasing them again.

Reached into his pocket, he took one kunai and handed it to Sasuke.

"Sasuke, listen! Run away from here! You must stay alive!" Itachi said quickly, pushing her sister's body to leave.

"H-huh ?! T-but Niisa—" Sasuke widened in confusion.

"Don't worry about Niisan! You have to run, don't let those people catch you. Niisan will catch up with you from behind after defeating them!" Itachi ordered to hurry to ask his sister to move.

"B-but—

"Go!" He pushed his sister's body so that it was thrown away.

"N-niisan—

"Sasuke! Get out of here! You must be safe!"

"Niisan—

"Go!" Itachi shouted telling him. He gave a sweet smile to his sister.

"You have to live, Sasuke!" he said for the last time before turning to hold back the four demons who attacked earlier.

Sasuke widened. His body trembled in panic.

Biting his lips, he was forced to move his body to run away. He looked back to see his last brother. Then run as fast as he can from that place. His right hand was clenched tightly holding the kunai given by his brother, while his tears dripped profusely in silent voices.

BAM!

A sudden attack came from behind him.

Minato gasped, but managed to dodge and jump back. He glared ferociously at a plain white masked demon who had just attacked him earlier.

The masked demon did not say anything, immediately launched another attack.

But Minato is not a Yondaime, if the enemy level seems to be able to hurt him. He quickly dodged then lunged forward, launching a powerful attack on the enemy.

"Don't underestimate me." Minato gritted his teeth furiously, staring sharply at the body of the enemy who was lying helplessly in front of him.

"Come on, Naruto, we must hurry to Kaasanmu's place." He said coldly, he walked in front leading his son to the place where he felt Kushina's chakra coming from.

After walking for a while, they finally arrived in a room. Roughly speaking, Minato broke into the large door that was the entrance to the room.

The blue bead quickly glanced around looking for his wife, stopping when he found it in the middle of the room. He widened.

His body was frozen when he caught the scene before him.

Four iron chains tie hands and feet. Kushina stood tied to a chain of iron poles on two sides of her body. But that was not the only thing that made Minato widen. Now he knows the cause of his body feels pain.

Blood...

There was a lot of blood flowing from the stab wound that was still open in Kushina's body.

Arm...

Thigh...

Shoulder...

And ... stomach ...

The sharp sword still stuck clearly ...

On the body of the woman he loves the most ...

Minato stared at the blood flowing from a wound in the abdomen ...

His child ...

His child hasn't even been born yet, but now that opportunity has been forcibly taken away ...

"K-Kaasan!" Naruto shouted for his mother, immediately he ran quickly toward him.

Trembling, he touched his mother's body full of blood. "K-kaasan!" the boy began to cry when he saw his mother unconscious.

He tried to get rid of the sword that was still stuck in the mother's body, widened in shock when he saw blood start to flow profusely as the sword moved slightly.

Her hands trembled to touch the wounds on the mother's body, until finally she stopped at a large wound in her mother's stomach. The sapphire's beads widened in horror.

"Pregnant?"

"Right, you will soon have a sister. Are you happy, honey?"

"Sister ..." Naruto whispered softly, looking bitterly at the blood soaking his mother's abdomen.

"U-uhk—" his voice choked as he realized he would never meet his sister.

Naruto looked up, staring painfully at his mother. "K-kaasan—" he hugged his mother's body, as if he wanted to try to wake him up.

Minato was unable to say or move to stare at the scene. His mind was just as empty as his son. The pain he felt in his body was not even comparable to his heart.

Creepy laughter suddenly resounded along with heavy footsteps. Minato immediately turned around, gasping when he saw who was just coming.

"Danzo ..." he hissed sharply, glaring hatefully at the man who was supposed to be his advisory minister.

"Do you like my surprise, Minato?" Danzo grinned coldly, walking calmly to approach the blond man who carried the title of king in front of him.

"Why are you doing this ?!" Minato growled very angry.

Danzo showed a cold smile. "This is your fault, Minato."

"What do you mean?!"

"You should obey my plan!" Danzo chuckled in a small laugh. "If at that time you followed my orders to use the magic, your wife would not be hurt!"

"Magic ?! Is that why you carried out this attack ?! The demon beast's controlling magic ?! That's your goal ?!" Minato clenched her hands together. His eyes narrowed sharply, staring in disbelief at the ambitious man before him.

"Right."Danzo grinned coldly. "Now I'll give you Minato's last chance." He raised his hand as if giving a code, and in an instant some demons wore plain porcelain masks out one by one from his hiding place.

"Leave the magic to me, and I will let you and your family stay alive." Danzo smiled arrogantly, feeling very satisfied because his current position could not be defeated.

"What is your real purpose, Danzo?" Minato hissed coldly. "What will you do with that magic ?!"

"Isn't that obvious ?!" Danzo grinned. "That magic! Is the strongest magic in this world!" he stretched out his hands, as if he was showing how magnificent his wish was. "The whole kingdom — no. Even the whole world! They will all submit to me if I use it. The nine strongest beings in the world will become my slaves. This world will submit to my authority!"

"You're crazy ..." Minato stared in disbelief at the statement he had just heard. "You think it will be as easy as controlling the demon beast's power ?!"

Danzo just smirked arrogantly, as if Minato's words were not a problem. "Now, hurry up and surrender the magic power to me, Minato."

He snorted when Minato was still silent, then moved his hand to code, telling his men to do something. "You know I'm always serious in my words." He said coldly before—

DREGG!

The floor they stepped on suddenly trembled. Naruto gasped in surprise, as he suddenly fell. His eyes widened when he saw the ground floor where his mother had suddenly risen, until finally it was high above far to reach.

"Kaasan!" he shouted frantically, calling his mother. He hit the ground wall that towered high before him, trying to destroy it so he could go to his mother's place.

"Naruto!"

A sudden flash of fire appeared around the wall of the land. Naruto gasped in surprise, he almost caught fire if it wasn't for his father who pulled him back.

"Stop this, Danzo!" Minato shouted angrily.

"Hm, you only need to hand over the magic, Minato." Danzo replied with a satisfied grin, making the Yondaime grit his teeth holding back anger.

"Tousan! You must save Kaasan!" Naruto asked crying, making Minato even more pinched, not knowing what to do.

Save his family or kingdom?

His hands clenched tightly, he looked at Kushina who was still unconscious, then turned towards Danzo.

Shit.

Should he do it?

"... m ... i ...ato ..."

A very soft voice suddenly rang out. Minato immediately turned around, staring wide at someone who had just called him.

"Kushina ?!" he shouted for his wife.

"Mi ... nato ..." his voice was hoarse, but still clear enough to be understood.

Slowly the closed eye patch began to open. Still not focused, Kushina tried to look for her husband's figure. "Mi ...ato ..." he called again.

"Kushina ?! Do you hear me ?!" Minato looked expectantly at her lover.

"Kaasan ?!"

Even though his gaze was a little blurry, he managed to capture the figure of Minato and his son. His breath felt tight, and his whole body was very sick. But he forced a smile to rest on his lips.

"M-Minato ..." he said hoarsely, but harder than before. "You ... know what you have to do ..." Kushina looked straight at her husband, then presented a gentle, calm smile.

Minato widened her eyes as she caught what his wife's words meant. He bit his lip doubtfully, before finally reviewing a thin smile. "I understand ..." he said softly.

Establishing his decision, he turned and looked seriously at Danzo.

"I will never give that magic to you, Danzo."

"W-what ?!" Danzo growled angrily at the answer. He glanced at all of his men and— "Kill him!" he ordered coldly.

Naruto widened in horror at seeing the masked demons attack simultaneously at his father. His hands trembled, clutching the throne of the throne attached to his waist.

'I will not be afraid!' he said the sentence repeated like a spell in his mind.

The blonde boy gasped when he heard the cries of pain from his mother. He looked up, staring wide when he saw that one of the masked demons had just injured his mother again. "Kaasan!"

"Gahk!" Minato suddenly snapped coughing, blood dripping from her mouth. He glanced at his wife's condition, snapping his teeth when he saw one of his enemies there.

"Fuck! Don't touch it!" he growled angrily, running fast to Kushina's place to defeat the enemy who attacked his wife. The pain immediately pierced his legs when the enemy thrust the sword at Kushina's feet. "S-siall! W-You're a coward, Danzo!" he shouted angrily, holding back pain. "Don't hurt him!"

"Why? Isn't it the same?" Danzo smiled coldly. "Whether I hurt you, or your wife, you will both die."

"Ah, right, I forgot one thing." He suddenly said as if he had just remembered something. He stepped slowly, approaching the blond boy who stood frozen in the middle of the room.

Naruto gasped, almost tripping over as he stepped back.

Smirking, Danzo said. "Kill the boy."

Naruto was wide-eyed in horror, he brandished his sword with trembling. "D-Don't come close!" he shouted fearfully when he saw the masked demons begin to attack him. He ran backwards, panic swept across his mind.

His body collapsed when something suddenly tripped over his leg. He grew wide-eyed seeing the demons approaching, ready to launch an attack at him. The sharp weapon shiny before—

SLASH!

His eyes closed tightly. Silence suddenly arrived, but there was not a single feeling of pain.

Hesitantly, Naruto began to open his eyes. His confused view was immediately replaced by a sense of shock. The sapphire beads widened wide, staring at the body of his standing father protecting him from attack.

"Cough—!" Minato coughed out blood. Three swords slammed into his chest. Blood flowed from the stab wound there.

"T-tousan—"

"W-What — are you okay ?!" Minato said faltering in pain.

"U-ukh—" Tears immediately dripped from the boy's eyes.

"B-baka, why are you crying, Naruto?" Minato forced a smile, even though the pain was evident from her pale face. "I'm ... glad you're fine ..." he said almost lost his voice. He rubbed the love of his son's head, making the blond boy sob.

"T-tousan—!"

"Listen ..." Minato breathed heavily, he used blood on his body, then made several hand seals before then sticking it to the floor

Sring! - A seal writing was immediately engraved on the floor as he said a spell, then the seal moved in a circle around Naruto. In an instant— Wush! —A kekkai wall appeared from the circle's line, enclosing the blond boy inside.

"This will be my last chakra—" Minato said hoarsely, he made other hand seals, after that he looked down at his son who was inside Kekkai.

"T-tousan ..." Naruto called out to his father, his hands trying to penetrate the protective wall that locked him to touch his father, but it didn't work at all. He hit the wall trying to destroy it.

"Naruto ..." Minato pressed the palm of his hand against the kekkai wall, right in front of his son's palm, making the two hands of different sizes seem to be touching.

"Forgive your tousan and kaasan for not being able to accompany you more than this ..." Minato whispered, his breathing felt heavy but he forced himself to speak for the last time.

"W-What do you mean — Tousan!" Naruto shouted for an explanation when he felt his father saying goodbye.

"Listen ... the outside world is very hard." Said Minato ignoring his son's cry. "Whatever happens out there, you can't be afraid. Stay alive and be strong, Naruto. Then when you're ready, go back to Konoha and save this kingdom." Minato removed his hand, then as before he used his blood while chanting a spell.

He looked up and smiled as wide as he could for the last time. "You have to stay alive, goodbye ... Naruto." he flapped his palm hard on the floor, then quickly the seal writing appeared followed by a bright light.

"Teleportation magic!"

Bright light immediately filled the kekkai wall which locked it. Naruto gasped, staring wide as the lights began to fill his body. He shouted frantically for his father, but the view in front of him began to fuse mixed with light. The light is getting brighter and more dazzling, making it unable to see anything and just feeling an extraordinary chakra sensation. He shouted, but his voice wasn't even heard before finally the light seemed to spin around him and—

WUUSSH—!

Lost in an instant, leaving only a dusty breeze.

There are no kekkai walls, no light, no seal marks, and no blonde boy there.

Vanished without a trace.

Naruto has already lost the same light.

Minato smiled with relief looking at the place he had last seen his son. His body immediately collapsed without power. He tried to look up, faintly catching Kushina's figure who was still chained not far from him.

Thanks.

Is the last sentence that was spoken by Kushina, before being followed by a very sweet smile that led her to sleep.

His lips curled back to smile, and his breath blew for the last time.

BRUGH—!

Roughly, the masked demon threw the boy he had just caught on the ground. The rope and chain tied the hands and feet firmly, making the Raven-haired boy unable to move especially running away.

Itachi groaned a little, he could faintly capture the scene in front of him. His whole body hurts. Shit. If only his strength returned at this time, he could easily defeat the masked demon hordes.

His teeth were firmly grasped. He really worried about Sasuke now.

Is his sister okay?

Did they arrest him?

Did they hurt him?

Have they—

Various negative thoughts continue to hit his head.

Sudden noise was heard from the demons who caught him. It seems like someone just arrived. Itachi tried to focus his eyes, looking for the slightest information about the situation now.

"Danzo-sama. We've brought it here!"

Eh?

Danzo?

Shimura Danzo?

Hearing the name mentioned really made him shock. He knew that the man who was the advisory minister was very suspicious. But, doing a massacre like this ...

"Did you kill him?" Danzo's voice came closer. Itachi forced himself to pretend to be unconscious when he felt the man in front of him.

"No. We only made him faint." Report one of the masked demons.

"Good. I will need it alive. He has very valuable information." Said Danzo, before walking away.

"Take him to jail, make sure he won't be able to escape from there." The order of the former advisory minister to his men.

"Fine, Danzo-sama."

"What about his sister, did you kill him?"

"No, he managed to run away. We still haven't—

"We found it!" a scream suddenly rang out.

"Is it true?"Danzo grinned happily. "Did you hurt him?"

"No, he hid in a cave. We haven't caught him yet." Report one of his men.

"Good, don't touch him. I can make him a good hostage for his brother." Danzo grinned wider, then walked to follow his men where they found the youngest son of the Uchiha family.

As reported, the little boy was in a small cave. Hiding oneself in darkness, but he was not smart enough to hide the existence of his chakra.

Sasuke gasped in fear when he heard someone come to him. His hands trembled holding onto the kunai that his brother gave. His body and clothes were dirty full of dirt, while tears were still wet on his cheeks.

"Don't go close!" he shouted frightened when he saw a man approaching him. The Kunai in his hand is stretched forward to defend himself.

"Sasuke ...?" Danzo walked carefully toward the boy, he put on a look that was so worried, then smiled so relieved as if he was very grateful to find the Uchiha's youngest son fine.

"Wh-Who are you ?!" Sasuke looked worried at the strange man who was approaching him.

"Sasuke ... don't be afraid. Uncle Danzo's name, uncle is your father's best friend ..." Danzo smiled, trying to seduce the little boy in front of him.

"T-friend ... ?!" Sasuke held back a sob.

"Right, friend ..." Danzo said, still smiling. "Uncle won't hurt you, come here. Uncle is glad you didn't get hurt ..."

"How-bb-with t-tousan and k-kaasan ?!" Sasuke said in a choked voice afraid, still not fully trusting the man in front of him.

On that question, Danzo's expression immediately turned very sad. He looked apologetically at the little boy in front of him. "Sorry ... they already ..." he did not continue the sentence.

Sasuke's Manik Onyks widened, warm water immediately dripped from his eyes. "How come — BB-how about — N-niisan ?!" His throat hurts holding back a sob.

Again, Danzo shook his head weakly. His expression really showed an expression that was so sad and full of forgiveness. He approached softly at the boy, grabbed the boy's hand, then took the kunai from there.

"Forgive uncle, Sasuke ..." he said poignantly. "You are the only royal demon that survived. From now on you are ...

... the Crown Prince of the Leaf Kingdom. "

Unknown to anyone, a triumphant grin was painted by Danzo.

to be continued ...