Chapter 21 – Chaos in Uchiha Clan

"Talk"

'Think'

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto sensei. So…yeah.

"What's up Taichou?" asked Inuzuka Kaede.

"Sasuke might have been kidnapped. Can you track him? I believe these shurikens belong to him" said Fugaku.

"No problem-o" said Kaede and ordered her dog, Shiromaru to track Sasuke's scent. Moments later, Shiromaru gave a few barks "What?!" asked Kaede in surprised.

"What?" asked Fugaku.

"Sasuke's smell mixed with Inabi's smell" said Kaede.

Fugaku's eyes went narrowed 'This is the last straw, *******!' he thought and ordered Kaede "Lead the way".

As they followed Shiromaru, they heard screams of "Keiko-obasan!". They followed the sound inside a house and saw Keiko said "…thank you…for…saving…me" before she fell lifelessly on the floor.

"Keiko-obasan!" screamed the kids.

"Taichou" said Kaede "Inabi was here and he went that way" she said, pointing to a direction towards Naka River.

Fugaku nodded. Inwardly he thought worriedly 'Inabi, what are you planning?' while outwardly, he issued an order "Kaede, you and Shiromaru stay here with the kids. I'll send message to Hokage and Tekka. I've got a feeling this is just the beginning of Inabi's madness".

As he left, he produced two kage bunshins and ordered them to go reported to Godaime Hokage and Uchiha Tekka what had happened as well as his hunch.

Hyūga Tokuma was walking towards Konoha Keimu Butai's office when he saw smokes coming out from a house in Uchiha district. He instantly activated his dōjutsu "Byakugan!" to check if there is anyone at home. Seeing none, he went inside the house and put out a sealing scroll with water written on it, do hand seals and planted his hand on the scroll while simultaneously, releasing chakra from the hand. Guided by his chakra, water came out from the scroll and put the fire out.

Seeing everything is alright (except for the wet floor and walls), Tokuma scanned the area in case he missed anything, that's when he noticed a few explosive tags sealed on the wall, hidden strategically.

Then he heard a loud squawked "Oh my house, my house, I forgot I was boiling chicken!".

Tokuma walked to the frantic owner "Don't worry, I've put out the fire…though" he added "Your kitchen's wet and you may have to cook your chicken again. For safety, don't leave your stove on when going out"

The house-owner answered "Thank you shinobi-san, I promise it won't happen again"

"By the way, are you aware of explosive tags sealed on you walls?" asked Tokuma.

"What?!" the house-owner screeched. Seeing that, Tokuma deflected and said "My bad, maybe I made a mistake. Since your kitchen is wet, why don't you go somewhere and come back when it's dry?" he half suggested, half hinted.

Luckily, the house-owner caught on "Maybe you are right. I think I'll go over to a tea-shop and calmed myself with a cup of tea. Thank you shinobi-san" she bowed and walked away.

Tokuma resumed scanning and to his distressed, he saw that almost each house in Uchiha district was planted with few explosive tags.

Tokuma was reporting his findings to Uchiha Tekka when Fugaku's kage bunshin arrived.

"So he kidnapped Sasuke to lead me away, killed Keiko-san to keep Hokage occupied with distressed jinchūriki and planted explosive tags to keep the Keimu Butai busy. He either wants to kill me or eliminated the Uchihas" pondered Fugaku's kage bunshin while Tekka looked uneasy.

"Be careful Taichou. I don't think I can send anyone to assist you. I just hope we can avoid casualty here" said Tekka.

Fugaku's kage bunshin nodded before dispelled.

Fugaku's other kage bunshin was about to report to Shisui when he received his memories. He gave his report succinctly and added "Planting the explosive tags require a long time which suggests long-term planning. This does not suit Inabi at all. He most likely has an ally although most of the Uchiha I've known have avoided Inabi due to differences in opinions" then he added "In case I don't make it, please tell Itachi to take care of Sasuke" Fugaku's kage bunshin bowed before dispelled.

Shisui calmed himself. While he liked very much to comfort Naruto and Noriko, that is not his role at the moment. He ordered his ANBU to find Shizuka and bring her to Naruto and Noriko; a distraught jinchūriki is an unstable one. Shizuka is the best right now to comfort them.

Then Shisui requested an aid from Hyūga since their Byakugan is most useful in this situation accompanied by his on-duty ANBU. It was at this point Itachi, who was back from his mission asked Shisui's permission to be Fugaku's back-up. Apparently he took the route that bypassed Uchiha district and had heard everything from Uchiha Tekka.

Shisui approved of Itachi's request on the condition that Itachi formed a team in case Inabi was not alone. Itachi found Ichirou and his teams and asked them to follow him while their sensei, Inuzuka Gaku went to Uchiha district to help.

Once all the orders have been sent, came the part that Shisui hated the most, waiting.

When Fugaku arrived near Naka River, he saw that Inabi was waiting for him near the cliff, but no Sasuke.

"Come out Fugaku! I can sense you!" screamed Inabi.

Fugaku stepped in front of him. Immediately Inabi formed handseals and said "Unseal!"

Light coming out from Fugaku's feet and next thing he saw, he was covered in seal tags. As he inspected the seals, the truth dawned to him.

Inabi had him covered in chakra-sensitive seals; if he uses his chakra, he automatically triggered a time-delayed explosive tags that are covering him right now.

Calmly he asked "Where's Sasuke, Inabi?"

Inabi laughed maniacally "Where is he huh? Why don't you take a look down there?" he pointed at the gorge where Naka River is running.

As he looked, Fugaku paled; tied between the two cliffs were his wife Mikoto on his right, and Sasuke on his left "You!" Fugaku lost his composure.

Inabi just cackled madly.

End Chapter 21

Kage bunshin – shadow clone

Konoha Keimu Butai – Konoha Military Police Force

Obasan – aunty

Taichou – Captain, Leader or Commander