Chapter Thirteen.
Wasure, Naruto, and Iruka who was using Wasure now as well as Argos as crutches to stay up. Naruto had the giant scroll in his hands, when they arrived at the nearest gate. Ten ANBU agents jumped out of their hiding spots and surrounded them.
"Naruto explain this now!" Said one of the agents.
"He is innocent, let me talk to the Hokage and I'll explain everything." Replied Iruka.
"Fine, but they come too." Said the agent pointing towards Naruto and Wasure.
The three flanked by the ANBU went to the Hokage's office that was swarmed by ANBU. They were let in the main office where Hiruzen sat puffing smoke out of his pipe. Next to him stood Kakashi and Mitarashi, both stared down the boys.
"So Iruka I heard you could explain everything." Said Hiruzen.
"Yes sir." Replied Iruka.
"Then by means tell me." Said Hiruzen.
"It began with Mizuki, he took advantage of Naruto who could not make a clone thus preventing him graduating. Mizuki had influenced Naruto in to stealing the scroll for himself. Mizuki told me he stole it and went looking for Wasure and his wolf Argos for their tracking skills. Thanks to them, we found Naruto at a small wooden cabin. Mizuki promised had promised him stealing the scroll and learning one jutsu from it would let him pass. When we realized what really was happening, Mizuki showed up and told Naruto everything. Making Naruto panic and freeze in place, Mizuki went to kill him. I took the hits as you can see, Naruto ran off. Mizuki went to kill me just for Wasure to take the hits and… he went feral. His eyes changed, the sharingan matured fully and he terrified Mizuki. Who fled under the cover off a smoke bomb, Wasure chased what would be a shadow clone according to him. I had gotten free and used the transformation jutsu to turn into Naruto and lure him out which I did. After this, he went to kill me again. Just for Naruto to create a small shadow clone army and swarmed him, beating him into a bloody pulp. Just for Wasure… Lord Third only you, me, Kakashi, and Mitarashi need to know this part."
"I see, so be it. Naruto, Wasure wait outside." Replied Hiruzen.
The two went outside and sat down on a bench outside.
Iruka watched them leave, he took a deep breath in and out and went to finish the story. "Wasure he, he walked to Mizuki after the clones cleared a path. There he looked down at the beaten Mizuki and simply gave him two choices, come back with us and be jailed. Or, take his own life. Mizuki killed him self soon after."
Outside, Wasure and Naruto stared at the floor. Both worried out the meeting was going now, Wasure knew he was talking about him giving Mizuki his two choices.
"Wasure, did you want Mizuki to kill himself?" Asked Naruto.
"Yes and no, Yes I wanted justice for him taking advantage of one my friends but no he did not have to kill himself." Replied Wasure.
"Okay, Wasure…. Is It true I am the demon fox reborn?" Asked Naruto
"No, you are not and never will be. A demon would have burned the village full of hypocrites now, the demon would have snapped by now and killed everyone. But you didn't you kept you head cool, you were nice to those who hated you. You were patient and forgiving, trait everyone needs. Naruto, I want you to know something. You are Naruto Uzumaki, not the Fox and not a demon. You are what all ninja should strive to be, you are the will of fire incarnate. You will be Hokage and don't let anyone stop you, and if you ask me. All the people that hate you should look in the mirror and see the true demons."
"That was an interesting speech Wasure."
Wasure and Naruto looked to see Hiruzen, Iruka, Kakashi, and Mitarashi walking up to them. "After hearing Iruka's tale and a short discussion, we declare Naruto innocent and a Genin." Naruto had a huge smile when he said that.
"Thank you Lord Third!" Replied Naruto.
"Your welcome, now head home. You need sleep for the morning ahead." Said Hiruzen.
"Okay, good night Wasure!" Naruto ran off after that.
"Wasure, you are dismissed but be ready for a special meeting soon." Said Hiruzen.
"Yes, Lord Hokage." Replied Wasure.
The next morning, Wasure woke up to see Hinata shaking him to get up. Wasure looked at his clock, he wasn't late so what was the big rush?
"Wasure, what happened last night?" Asked Hinata.
"Its… complicated." Replied Wasure.
"I ask because, the ANBU showed up soon after you left and told us to not say a thing about Naruto." Said Hinata.
"I see." Wasure wonderd was this a way to cover the whole thing up.
"Sorry for waking you by the way." Said Hinata.
"It's fine better early than late." Replied Wasure smiling.
"Okay…" Hinata went to walk off.
"Hinata, can you promise me something?" Asked Wasure.
"What is it?" Asked Hinata.
"If you get teamed up with Naruto, don't use the Byakugan to see under his clothes." Said Wasure teasing.
Hinata went bright red and ran out, Wasure laughed a little as he thought he saw some steam come out her ear. Wasure got out of bed to see a gift from Obito on his desk, Wasure's eyes widened to see a sheathed katana. It was long but the strap seemed to be made to be on the wielders back, he saw next to it a note. He opened it to read, "My gift to you for graduating." Obito must have seen him practicing with his old blade, Wasure needed a new one.
"Good morning Wasure, what did Obito…" Fenrir froze as he sensed what Wasure had. "Wasure, that's… that's the blade of the Wolves. You mother had that last! How did he!"
"Whoa, whoa. Calm down, why is this blade important?"
"It was crafted by the third Jinchuuriki, thanks to me helping him it is one of the most powerful blades ever made."
"Wait… so I have one of the best weapons ever made. Well then, this got interesting."
"Okay, next time we see Obito and that is god knows when. First thing we are asking is how he found this."
"Duly noted, now let's get ready for today." Wasure got into his normal clothes, he placed his new sword on his back. After eating a quick breakfast, he and Hinata left the compound for the academy. Going inside they saw all those who graduated, then Naruto showed up smiling with his headband on.
"Naruto!" Most of the group was shocked to see him there.
"Hey guys!" Said Naruto.
"So, you did make it." Said Sasuke.
"Yep!" Replied Naruto.
"Congrats man." Said Eizo.
"Thanks man." Replied Naruto.
It went like this for a while, then Hinata walked up to congratulate him. Wasure then saw Sasuke trip and shove Hinata forward making Hinata and Naruto…
"Uh oh… he's dead." Fenrir knew how protective Wasure was over Hinata.
It lasted three seconds as Hinata pulled back and fainted, her face even more red than earlier and Wasure again swore he saw actual steam come out of her ears.
"Okay how did Naruto kiss a girl before I did!" Yelled Eizo.
Wasure activated his Sharingan and stared at Naruto, Naruto then looked to see Wasure's hand reaching for a katana on his back.
"Wasure, please I didn't mean to…"
"You better make her not regret that." Said Wasure.
"What?" Asked Naruto.
"You'll figure it out soon." Wasure woke up Hinata and helped her to her seat, he then himself sat down. Iruka came in soon after, he had some bandages on him where the kunai hit him.
"First thing I would like to say is, I am proud to have taught this great class of Genin. Throughout the years I have seen the hearts of students and seen the courage of others, I have seen those who worked harder than others and I have seen those who protect their friends. Now the teams, a rare occurrence has happened this year. One student will be paired alone with a sensei until they are a Chunin or they are deemed unworthy of being a shinobi by them. They will be announced last for the ease of things." Teams one through five were unimportant for Wasure. "Team six, Eizo Genzo, Sakura Kankuro, Kiba Inuzuka." Sakura was sad of course, she hugged Sasuke and went over to Kiba and Eizo who were happy to be teammates. "Your Sensei will be outside the hall, there is no name due their last minute add in. Team Seven Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Hinata Hyuga. Your Sensei is Kakashi Hatake." Sasuke was shocked but not by much, he figured one of the best would be place with one of the lowers and vice versa. Hinata was happy for obvious reasons. "Team Eight Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akimichi. Your sensei will be Asuma Sarutobi." Ino had mixed reactions about this, Shik did not care, and Choji just ate. "Team nine still exists so there will be no need for a new one. Team Ten Emi Kankuro, Inko Genzo, and Shino Aburame making this year an even rarer occurrence making a two girl and one boy team. Your Sensei will be Kurenai Yuhi." Wasure was left all alone, but this make sense now. Keep the me separate to keep my secret hidden, fine but he could have least told him last night. "Wasure, this leaves you as the sole Genin under your Sensei Mitarashi, Team seven and Wasure's sensei are running late so you may be in here for a while. All other teams, your sensei's are awaiting outside. Iruka walked out after that to ready for his new class for the next year. Sakura before leaving hugged Sasuke and walked out waving bye.
"So, your all alone I guess that makes since the others would slow you down." Said Emi.
"We both know that's a lie, but I will miss hanging out with you guys on a daily basis." Replied Wasure.
Emi waved goodbye and went to join her team, soon Wasure was left alone with Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke.
"Man, this is taking forever!" Said Naruto.
"Just relax you moron." Said Sasuke.
"Fine, but first might as well get some payback for making us wait so long." Replied Naruto.
"Its only been ten minutes." Said Wasure.
"I don't care, they should have been here so we didn't have to wait!" Naruto looked around and saw bucket and remembered that the bathroom was next door. Grabbing the bucket, he ran to the bathroom, and back after a few minutes he came back with a bucket full with water. He used a chair to get to the top of the door, but couldn't reach it fully.
"Fenrir can you help him, I feel bad watching this."
"Fine, but only because this gets less funny over time."
Wasure smiled as he saw a sudden gust of wind pick up the bucket and place it next to the door. They turned to see Wasure smiling, as he was the only wind user they knew in the room. That's when they heard footsteps down the hall, Naruto began to smile.
"Here we go" Said Naruto.
Wasure saw someone go to open the door and stop, he saw the figure look up. He could see the bucket, Wasure knew a Jonin could easily see this.
"Hey whoever is outside I know you saw the bucket just get it over with!" Wasure saw the figure open the door and stepped back to avoid the water.
"Dang it." Said Naruto.
"Who ever saw me notice the bucket well done, but knowing my luck Mitarashi has him." Kakashi walked into the room and looked to see the kid who must have set the prank up look disappointed that the prank failed, he saw a kid in blue walk to him and said something Kakashi couldn't hear. Kakashi looked to see the last one who was Hyuga by the looks of her walk down, he had some hope for this group. They may have not used teamwork to set this up, but they care for each other. He could work with that at least.
"Well, Kakashi how is your group?" Said Mitarashi walking in.
"I hate them all." Said Kakashi in an emotionless tone.
Wasure began to walk down, as he did Mitarashi noticed him coming down.
"You must be Wasure, Kakashi since I have only one student. Would you like to do introductions here?" Asked Mitarashi.
"Fine, Hyuga your first." Said Kakashi.
"yes sir, my name is Hinata Hyuga." Replied Hinata.
"And what are you dreams?" Asked Kakashi.
"To become head of the Hyuga clan and end the inequality between the main and side branch of the clan." Replied Hinata. That surprised Wasure, he knew Hinata did not like how the side branch were basically slaves but still this was brave for her.
"A noble goal, Uchiha in the blue your next." Said Kakashi.
"The name's Sasuke Uchiha, and dreams well besides killing a certain someone…there's nothing really something personal."
"Okay, Blondie your turn."
"The name is Naruto Uzumaki, I am going to be Hokage to prove all those hate me wrong."
"Okay then, Mitarashi's student your up." Said Kakashi.
"My name is Wasure Uchiha, my dreams are well… honestly beside protecting my friends, reform the Uchiha clan into one that is not built on hatred." Wasure had thought about that idea every so often.
"I see, Mitarashi you got a kid with a plan that is honestly almost more noble than Hinata's. Well anyway, my group will head to southern training grounds and Wasure head to old ANBU training yard. Be there in the morning and in your best ninja gear and a bit of advice do not eat breakfast." The two sensei left the room, leaving the genin alone.
"If that wasn't inspirational I don't know what is." Said Wasure.
"Sarcastic as ever, I'm off to get some new gear. You guys can join me if you want." Said Sasuke walking off.
"I might as well." Wasure walked out of the room to see a man in hooded robes and wearing a bird mask. Wasure knew it was ANBU, what did they want this time? Wasure walked over to the agent.
"The Konoha council requests your presence." Said the agent.
"Fine lead me there." Wasure and the agent left the academy and went down what felt like every back alley and roof to arrive at the Hokage's office that housed the meeting chamber. Entering the main building, Wasure followed the agent down a long hallway to reach a door on the left. The Agent knocked the door, just for another agent to open it.
"He's here." Said the agent that brought Wasure here.
"Understood." The second agent motioned Wasure in, entering the room. Wasure saw the table had to rows, Clan heads sat in each one row. The difference was one row was the civilian half and the other was the ninja. Wasure saw Hiashi, he saw all the heads staring at him. And at the head of the table sat Hiruzen puffing smoke out of pipe.
"Wasure Uchiha, we summoned you here for an important reason. With multiple Uchiha surviving the massacre. We decided the Uchiha clan if it is to be rebuilt needs a clan head. Normally the heir would take over but with the oldest being a rouge ninja and the other having mental issues, we have decided to have something similar to an interview." Hiruzen still kept Emi a secret in case they did not vote Wasure.
"First of all, what is wrong with Sasuke?" Asked Wasure.
"You and I both know, if he see's Itachi he will lose it. Making him a risk, thus making you the next one in line in a way." Replied Hiruzen.
"I see, Well then." Wasure had to come up with a quick speech now just great. "If you make me the head of the Uchiha clan, I will promise you this. It will not be built on hatred, it will not be built by jealousy. The New Uchiha clan will work hard to redeem the trust of the other major clans both Shinobi and Civilian. We will ensure no one in our ranks goes down the foolish path of anger. I promise you this because I may not be full blood Uchiha but know this I will give this new clan my life to ensure its existence. And if it comes to it, even if it is my own family I will kill our traitors by any means." Wasure looked around to see the facial expressions of the clan heads.
Hiruzen smirked when Wasure ended his speech, the boy had won him over. And thanks to some of the leaders that follow the Hokage's will he had gotten five votes yes. "Know then, it is time to vote. Wasure please step out."
Wasure stepped out the room and sat down on a nearby bench.
"If means anything, you have my vote."
"Thanks Fenrir."
Wasure sat there for a minute, the door opened. Wasure saw the ANBU agent motioning him back in. Wasure walked in to see the clan heads again staring at him.
"Wasure Uchiha…" Said Hiruzen. "Congratulations." Hiruzen smirked at the new clan head.
"Thank you Lord Hokage." Replied Wasure.
"Now what is your first action as clan head?" Asked Hiruzen.
Wasure smirked. "Naruto Uzumaki is now protected by the Uchiha clan, anyone who touches him will deal with me."
"Excuse me!" Said one of the civilian clan heads. "If I had known you would do that I would have…"
"Fenrir speed boost please." Wasure at great speeds appeared right in front of him with his sword unsheathed. "May I remind this council, that this is the same group of people that let Naruto get bullied, that let Naruto be the subject of hatred for something he NEVER ASKED FOR!" Wasure saw the clan leaders look down, they did nothing as a kid who was forced to take on a burden he never wanted. "The only person who ever helped him was Lord Third who gave him a home and a life when no one else would. He is lucky to have me, and unless Lord Third hid this from you. Me and him and more similar than you think." Wasure activated his Sharingan and had his eyes go feral. He then sheathed his weapon and began to walk away.
"Wasure, are you willing to fight the most powerful clans in Konoha over Naruto?" Asked Hiashi.
"Yes, and if you thought the fox was a demon." Wasure began to laugh. "Remember who slaughtered seven rouge ninja, oh wait how may did the official report say again?" Wasure went keep walking.
"Wasure, as the new head of the Uchiha clan. You will need to live in the Uchiha district." Said Hiruzen.
"I see." Wasure turned back to Hiashi. "Mr. Hiashi thanks for everything."
"Your belongings are outside waiting for you, I had ANBU go ahead and gather them." Said Hiruzen. "They will lead you to your new home."
"Understood." Wasure left the room, silence was all there was when the door closed.
"Hiruzen, is he…." Asked the Inuzuka clan leader.
"Yes…" Replied Hiruzen.
"My god…" They replied.
Outside Wasure received his belongings and went to the Uchiha district, silence was the only thing left since the blood and bodies were taken away and cleaned. Wasure was given a somewhat big house, inside was a main bed room, a living room, two bathrooms, two spare bedrooms, a kitchen and a washing room.
"So, you're the new clan head huh?" Wasure looked to see Sasuke.
"How did you?"
"Hinata told us everything, and I'm not mad. Honesty I feel bad for you."
"Why is that Sasuke?"
"You have to lead the charge in repopulating the clan." Said Sasuke smiling.
"Oh… ah crap…" Wasure just realized that.
"Well don't worry I'll help if something big comes up involving the clan. I'll be next door now, they are moving me over here. You know what's weird?"
"What Sasuke?"
"There moving Emi over her, I wonder why?" Said Sasuke smiling even more.
"Just shut up cousin." Replied Wasure.
"Cousin?"
"Well if were rebuilding the clan, might as well get official." Know if you excuse me I need to test out the new bed." Said Wasure.
"The same goes for me." Sasuke walked out.
"So, you're our new clan head huh?" Wasure jumped as he saw Emi come out of her hiding spot from the shadows.
"Why can you never just say hi or knock?" Said Wasure.
"Gets boring, and I get to hear interesting conversations." Replied Emi.
Wasure's face went red as he realized, she heard the entire conversation. "Ah crap."
Emi walked up to him and placed her finger on his chest "Didn't know this would lead down this kind of rabbit hole huh?"
"Pretty much yeah." Replied Wasure.
"Well when you get bored just come over and well, your smart you put the rest together." She said before leaving.
"Okay is there anyone else?" Said Wasure joking getting no response, he took a shower then went to bed. "Clan head and genin all in one day, what's next fighting one of the seven swordsmen of the mist?