So, they chose to believe in Rudra. This act of kindness helped him amass karma.
"Your destiny is your own, even if fate has something else in store for you."
God shakes his head and summons the Reaper.
--
Rudra groggily opens his eyes.
His body feels weak and there is a stinging pain in his butt. He suddenly feels an urge to cry.
Uwaah... Uwaah...
Sounds of the wailing of a baby echo in the forest. Akira Uchiha and Aiko Uchiha dotingly gaze at their newborn son. They were worried when the newborn infant remained silent after the birth.
"Congratulations! Akira and Aiko!"
Another person enters the hideout.
"Your newborn son took your looks, Akira. When he will grow, he will surely be a lady-killer like you."
These words interrupt their thoughts.
"Oh! You are here, Yagami. How is it outside?"
Akira cautiously mutters these words as he activates his Sharingan to check the chakra signature of Yagami.
"Everything is alright for now. There is no need to worry." Yagami replies.
Upon confirming the identity of Yagami, Akira heaves a sigh of relief and greets him.
"Thank you, Yagami. I would also like to hear good news on your side too. I heard that Fumiko is also pregnant and could give birth anytime. I would like to see my nephew soon if we are able to escape alive from this ambush today."
Akira closes his eyes and sorts through the events.
--
A few months ago,
Inside the Hokage Office,
"Hiruzen! The situation at the border is constantly deteriorating. Iwa is instigating the war insurgents of Takigakure to attack our borders."
Danzo clenches his staff.
"I am already aware of it. The leader of the war insurgents has Iwa's backing. So, it's hard to track his whereabouts, much less assassinate him. We have lost many shinobis because of this." Hiruzen rubs his forehead.
"Why don't you commission the Uchiha clan for this mission?" Danzo raises a question.
"No! That won't do. Uchihas have already contributed their fair share in the previous war and they are currently in process of recuperating. Also, recently there are various reports of their members going missing or being killed during missions." Hiruzen shakes his head.
"Then, do you have any other solution for it?" Danzo groans.
"The members of the rest of the clans are already holding the fort at borders. Hiruzen! You can't be lenient with the Uchiha clan." Danzo pressures him.
"Danzo is right!" Homura and Koharu enter the office.
"You guys!! Fine! I will talk with the Uchiha clan leader." Hiruzen relents under their constant pressure.
--
'It has been almost eight months since the clan issued the mission to three of them. They infiltrated Takigakure as rogue shinobis. Unbeknownst to them, Aiko was pregnant at that time.
Akira and Yagami slowly rose through ranks in the organization and became the right-hand and left-hand man of the leader, respectively. Finally, after eight-month Akira got an opportunity to assassinate the leader.
After the assassination, they successfully escaped the organization and arrived at the borders. But somehow, Iwa ninjas were waiting for them in ambush.
Akira has doubts that someone leaked the information of their mission to Iwa ninjas. It has been a week since the relentless pursuit of Iwa Ninjas.
The group has clashed multiple times with the Iwa ninjas and killed a lot of them.
Their supplies are almost running out and they are exhausted mentally and physically.
The enemy ninjas are out for blood and they never left pursuing their trail. The recent team they annihilated comprised five Jounins, ten special Jounins, twenty-five chunnins, and multiple genins. It was a very close fight.
During their previous confrontation, Aiko received a blow on her womb, which led to premature gestation. It has been almost nine months since her pregnancy and their child was close to being born, but the last battle leads to premature delivery by a week.
Akira was worried about his wife and child. But somehow his wife and child made it through.
"Our son looks healthy. Look at his small beady eyes curiously searching his surroundings."
Aiko's voice interrupts Akira's train of thoughts as she happily hugs their son in her embrace.
"Yes, he will be a great ninja like my father..."
Akira had a sad expression as he says these words. The identity of his father is a secret, a taboo. No one in the village is aware of it, except his family. His mother raised him alone and never revealed his father's identity to him until her death.
He was only aware of the fact that his mother Kasumi Uchiha was the elder sister of Kagami Uchiha, his uncle who was a close aide to the Second Hokage Tobirama.
Yagami was the only son of his maternal uncle, Kagami. Neither Kagami nor Kasumi mentioned anything about his father until their death.
It was on her deathbed that his mother mentioned that his father was none other than the famed Co-founder of the Village Madara Uchiha.
He was grief stricken because of the death of his mother and the revelation of his father's name. His father was a traitor and deserter of the village. To preserve her son's life, Kasumi never mentioned Madara's name to anyone.
Only his uncle was aware of this matter and he too never disclosed it to anyone, not even to the Second Hokage.
"...after all, he is the Grandson of the Ghost of the Uchiha Clan, Madara Uchiha."
--
Rudra is stunned when his new father spoke these words.
From listening to his parent's conversation, he came to know about a lot of things. First, his parents' names are Akira and Aiko Uchiha and Yagami Uchiha is the name of his uncle. But that isn't the important point.
'I am Reborn as Madara's Grandson!'
Even he can't believe his own words.
'Really! There was such a thing in Naruto. Really! of all the people I could have born to, I was born as Madara's grandson. Wait! Madara had a love interest, and he had a son.'
Rudra is dumbfounded at this revelation.
'Things really are different in this Naruto world. Maybe it is an alternate universe of Naruto.'
"Have you thought of a name for him?" Yagami questions the couple.
"It was Mother's greatest wish for her grandson to be named after my uncle's name…"
Akira continues as he gently strokes Izuna's head,
"Father loved his brother very much. So, I will name my son after my uncle's name in his remembrance. From today onwards my son will be called Izuna Uchiha."
'That's a good name. Now, I was really curious about the identity of my grandmother.' Izuna has a smile on his face.
Yagami approaches the newborn child and holds him in his arms as he cries joyfully.
"I am an uncle now. Fumiko will be thrilled to hear this news."
Akira and Aiko have a smile on their face and Akira teases him.
"Oye! Yagami, we have already named our child. You too decide a name for your child."
"I have already decided long ago. If my newborn is a girl I will name her Kaori if it is a boy his name will be Shisui, Shisui Uchiha."
"Shisui"
Izuna is stunned when he hears this name.
'Don't tell me, it's Shisui Uchiha. So, Kagami Uchiha is my granduncle.'
Izuna laughs loudly but only giggles escape from his mouth.
Suddenly,
Swoosh... Swoosh…
The sudden sound disturbs the silence of the forest, as kunais are flung from a trap set near their hideout.
"Enemy attack!"
Yagami has a grim expression on his face.
The trio immediately raise their guard. Aiko wraps Izuna in her clothes and ties him to her back.
Someone triggered the trap set by them, which means an enemy ambush. Yagami and Akira immediately move out from their hiding to sense their enemies.
Ten Jounins, twenty special Jounins, and nearly thirty chunnins level ninja had surrounded them. There are no genins as it is meaningless to bring them. There is no need for cannon fodders.
Their ambush is ready. This time they will certainly kill these Konoha ninjas and deal a severe blow to Konoha.
--
Iwa ninjas are ready to assault the Konoha shinobis.
After the Second Shinobi War, the tension between two hidden villages has grown even further.
This time their targets are powerful Uchiha clansmen with Sharingan. They are notable characters in the bingo book. There are orders for ninjas to run when facing them alone.
Akira, the Lightning Blade, had a bounty of 100 million Ryou in the bingo book.
His name is Lightning Blade because of his mastery of the lightning chakra. He could coat his blade with lightning chakra and slaughter enemies like a reaper.
He earned his fame as The Lightning Blade during the Second Shinobi War. Back then, he slaughtered a group of two Jounins and thirty chunnins with numerous genins while surrounded by enemies. His blade danced on the battlefield as it reaped many lives.
Aiko, The Red Blossom has a bounty of 75 million Ryou in the bingo book. She is a very proficient genjutsu expert which paired with her Sharingan is a deadly combo.
She is able to put enemies in a genjutsu in the blink of an eye. Red blossom leaves would rain when she initiates her genjutsu. Her genjutsu would end with red blood flowers blooming in the battles.
Yagami, The Shadow Flicker has a bounty of 90 million Ryou in the bingo book. He is proficient with body flicker jutsu which he pairs with shadow clone jutsu to confuse his opponents with his extremely fast speed.
The moment you figure out the real Yagami would be the moment your head falls off from your body.
Facing these opponents would lead to a terrible end, similar to their previous squad who met their doom. They received intel from their spy in Konoha about the Uchiha trio.
The intel was a little late, and thus they could only intercept them on their return to Konoha.
"This time Iwa is ready to pay the necessary price to get rid of these three shinobis."
The jounin commander closes the intel scroll as he explains the details of their target.
Gulp…
The nearby chunnins gulp a mouthful of saliva.
They are the cannon-fodder in this mission as their task is to distract enemies in this fight.
The Iwa team warily draws their weapons and slowly surrounds the hiding spot of the Uchiha group.
'Fire-Style: Great Fireball Jutsu
'Wind -Style: Furious Gale'
A massive fireball enhanced by wind jutsu drops in between the Jounins and chunnins.
ARGH… AHH…
Half of the chunnins are immediately engulfed in flames as their screams echoes in the forest. Even some of the nearby Special Jounins are caught in the attack too. This attack was too sudden for them to react.
Huff…. Huff
Akira and Yagami breathe heavily as they confront the remaining Iwa shinobis.
Their combination attack was able to take down lots of chunnins but the primary target was the Tracking unit of the Special Jounins. The attack was a success as most of the tracking nins were killed.
Akira immediately unsheathes his Chakra blade and coats it with lightning chakra.
Clang…
He blocks an attack from the Jounin Commander of the Iwa nins. Akira easily repels the surprise attack.
Tch…
The Iwa nin commander clicks his tongue. He used the opportunity after the previous fireball jutsu to launch a counter-attack. But he failed to get a hit in.
After failing his attack, he retreats as the skirmish begins without any words from either side.
Clang… clang…
Clashes of kunais and blades echo in the silent forest as sparks erupt after each collision.
Aiko, who is hiding nearby, has amassed enough chakra for her genjutsu.
Swish… swish…
She quickly makes some hand signs.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan: Demonic Flower Blossom"
Red blossoms began to rain as many Iwa ninjas are caught in the genjutsu.
Aiko retreats, as she had expanded half of her remaining chakra reserve to cast the previous genjutsu. She creates an opportunity for the duo.
Akira and Yagami nod towards each other.
Whoosh… whoosh…
They immediately began to massacre the Iwa Jounins. Akira stabs two of the jounins with his lightning blade and Yagami slits the head of one jounin and remaining tracker nins.
"Release"
The Iwa nin commander is the first to dispel the genjutsu. He notices the slaughter caused by the trio.
"Damn you, Konoha scums!"
He quickly makes some hand signs and smashes his hands on the ground.
"Earth Style: Fissure"
The ground split apart and a gigantic rift appears beneath Akira and Yagami.
Swoosh…
Both of them jump in the air and avoid the attack.
Whoosh…
They reunite with Aiko as all three of their back are placed against each other. They warily stare at the remaining shinobis of Iwa.
"It's just like the Second Shinobi War."
Akira has a helpless expression.
There are 7 jounins, fifteen special jounins, and fifteen chunnins left on Iwa's side.
"We are almost out of chakra!"
The real fight is about to begin as many Iwa jounins have yet to expand their chakra.
"I will handle the Jounin commander."
Akira nods as he clashes with the Iwa nin commander.
Both Aiko and Yagami confront the remaining Jounins.
Swish… swish…
The Iwa commander makes some hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
'Earth Style: Mud Prison'
He isolates Akira from Aiko and Yagami as he smirks at Akira.
"Akira, the Lightning Blade! I, the Rock Fiend Daichi of Iwa will send you to the afterlife."
Akira ignores his taunt and makes some hand signs.
"Lightning Style: Lightning blade cutter"
He coats his chakra blade with lightning and he slices a nearby wall in half.
Daichi makes more hand signs.
"Earth Style: Mud thorns"
Multiple massive spikes erupt from the ground and aim for Akira.
Swoosh…
Akira jumps up and avoids the attack
"Earth Style: Mud bullet"
Daichi spews out a mud bullet and aims it at Akira.
Shiing…
Akira predicts the trajectory of the mud bullet with his Sharingan and bends his body in mid-air to dodge the attack.
While in mid-air, he makes some hand signs.
"Fire style: Phoenix flower Jutsu"
He spews out a large number of small fireballs at the Iwa commander.
"Earth Style: Earth wall"
Iwa commander blocks the fireballs with an earth wall.
BOOM… BOOM…
The fireballs explode on top of the mud wall.
HAAH…
Swoosh…
Akira flickers towards the Mud wall with the lightning blade in his hand.
Slash…
He slices through the mud wall and aims for the head of the Iwa commander.
The lightning blade slices through the Iwa Jounin commander. The latter melts in a pool of mud.
"A mud Clone?! This is bad!"
Akira hurriedly jumps in the air as the clone melts to reveal a large number of paper bombs.
'Release'
BOOOMM…
A massive explosion occurs as the paper bomb explodes on top of Akira. Dust and debris rise in the air. The deafening explosion shakes the nearby ground.
Bang…
Akira is thrown out from the blast. He slams into a nearby tree.
Bleurgh…
Akira coughs up some blood.
He was able to predict the path of explosion using his Sharingan and thus was able to avoid most of the impact. Even so, the explosion was too powerful, and the shock waves hit him.
"I have no time to waste. This is an opportunity!"
Akira slowly stands up as he supports his body with his blade. Ruthlessness flashes through his eyes as he makes some hand signs.
"Lightning Style: Lightning spear"
He coldly stares at the Iwa Jounin commander who is blinded by the dust and debris of the explosion.
Swoosh…
He throws the lightning blade towards the enemy commander.
Stab…
The lightning spear stabs the commander straight in the heart.
AH…
His eyes widen in surprise as he stares at a badly wounded Akira. His consciousness slowly fades away as his last words are stuck in his mouth.
'You didn't die from the explosion!'
Meanwhile,
Things aren't looking good on Aiko and Yagami's side. They are continuously assaulted by the attacks from the remaining six Iwa jounins, other special jounins, and chunnins.
Aiko gathers some of her remaining chakra and casts another genjutsu to distract the Iwa ninjas while Yagami deals with them.
'Genjutsu: Sharingan"
The enemy ninjas are caught in her genjutsu as they are temporarily paralyzed by it.
Swish…
She takes out a kunai from her holster and dashes towards the enemies to slit their throat.
She takes out kunais and shurikens from her holster and throws them at nearby chunnins to clear their distraction.
In the Meantime,
Yagami is able to successfully kill another Iwa jounin before the rest of them dispel the genjutsu. Only five jounins and ten special jounins are left. They have killed all the chunnins.
BOOM…
A huge explosion occurs inside the mud prison as it crumbles apart.
Smoke and dust block their vision as large amounts of debris are hurled their way. The shock wave from the explosion flung them away.
Whoosh…
Aiko and Yagami quickly take cover behind the trees. Aiko has a worried expression as she stares at the remains of the mud wall.
Dust and debris settle to reveal a haggard Akira kneeling with one foot on the ground.
The corpse of the Iwa Jounin commander lies in front of him.
The Iwa nin commander was dead. All of the remaining Iwa ninjas were stunned to see this. But they soon got their bearings as their enemies were out of chakra and many of them had preserved their Chakra.
They began to surround Akira, Aiko, and Yagami.
Indeed Akira and Aiko were out of Chakra and were weakened. Akira got serious injuries from the earlier explosion.
Most of the flesh from his left hand was torn as it was blown by the explosion. His left hand was barely hanging as it was almost disabled and need immediate attention.Aiko wasn't in a good state too. She was still weak from her delivery of Izuna. Although she was a ninja and had a stronger body, but prematurely delivering Izuna and then constantly fighting with enemies took a toll on her body.Yagami was in a better condition compared to both of them. His body flicker didn't use much chakra and he wasn't seriously injured either.All three of them faced the Iwa ninjas with their backs touched to each other. Aiko lovingly gazed at Izuna as she muttered,"Don't worry mother will protect you at all cost. "She wrapped Izuna tightly in bandages and tied him to her back. She made sure to leave some breathing space for the baby.Izuna looked at the fight between his parents and Iwa ninjas as tears began to flow his eyes. He cried silently, as he doesn't want to distract his mother to tend to him. Izuna thought to himself,'I was an orphan in my previous life. My parents were doctors and they wanted me to become a doctor too. When I was ten years old they died in a car crash. I was adopted by my uncle's family. They barely paid any attention to me, all that mattered to them was the money my parents left behind. I was successfully enrolled in one of the major medical universities in my country as I wanted to fulfill my parents' wishes. I lost my parents in a previous life, I don't want to lose them again.'A large amount of Chakra began to gather in his eyes. The emotions triggered a change in his chakra as his eyes began to change. A one tomoe Sharingan awakened in both of his eyes. His new-born body wasn't able to bear the stress caused by his violent emotions and the awakening of Sharingan as Izuna fainted.His parents were unaware of the changes in Izuna as they were too focused on the battle ahead and assumed Izuna to be asleep."We can't hold for too long, we are almost out of Chakra reserves and I can only perform another C-rank jutsu before I run dry. "Akira told them about his situation."I am out of Chakra and can only rely on kenjutsu and taijutsu to fight." Aiko reminded."I have a little bit of Chakra left for another B-rank jutsu and one C-rank jutsu, after which I would have no Chakra to spare."Yagami made them aware of his reserves.Akira and Aiko nodded to each other and they made up their mind. Akira took out a scroll hidden underneath his Jounin Vest and he handed it over to Yagami. Yagami was stunned when Akira gave him the intel scroll. Before Yagami could speak, Akira interrupted,"Yagami, you are the only wind user among us. Also, you are fastest among all three of us and you are the only one with some chakra left. We will distract the enemies, while you retreat and hand this information to Village. This is very crucial information we can't delay reporting this to Hokage.""Yes, Yagami you go retreat to the village and take care of my son in our absence."Aiko spoke as she began to untie Izuna from her back. She handed Izuna toYagami and told him to take care. Yagami had tears in his eyes as he spoke,"But….but I can't do this. Look at newborn Izuna, how would I answer to him when he asks me about his parents? Would I say 'Your Uncle was a coward who ran away when your parents put their life on the line to save you'? I can't do this.""No, buts… Yagami promise me you will take care of Izuna. We can escape from this situation this time around. If we continued to fight, all three of us will perish and they will kill Izuna too. But if distract them long enough, one of us can escape and maybe call backup."Akira reprimanded Yagami as he reminded him of their mission."Also, you are going to be a father too, go and take care of Fumiko and my nephew."Aiko reminded Yagami of his wife and yet to be born son. Yagami hesitated for a while before he nodded,"Alright! I will hurriedly retreat and inform the patrol at Fire Nation's border tosend back up to you guys. But before thatlet me help you guys even if a little."Yagami kept the scroll in his Vest's pockets and tied Izuna to his back as he began to weave some hand signs.This conversation only took place in a matter of seconds as Iwa nins warily stared at them. Though they were in an advantageous position, they were still wary of any potential trump cards from these Uchiha Shinobis. There was a saying in other villages 'Never blink before an Uchiha in a battle otherwise the moment you blinked would be the momentyou lose your life.''Wind Style: Vacuum Cleaver'Yagami kneaded a large amount of wind Chakra and sucked in a large amount of air as he spewed out a huge scythe made out of the compressed wind. The windscythe traveled diagonally chopping down trees as it traveled towards the Iwa ninjas.Iwa ninjas responded quickly as all of them made hand signs in unison and yelled,'Earth Style: Rock wall'Large rock walls were erected from the ground as they blocked the majority of the attack. Still, the rock wall was sliced open and cut down Five of the Special Iwa jounins and one Jounin lost his righthand in the attack.Dust and debris rose as trees fell on the ground. Akira and Aiko threw some more smoke bombs in the dust to create a smokescreen. The Iwa ninjas reacted quickly as one of them made hand signs and shouted,'Wind Style: Gale wind'In the meantime, Yagami began to dash towards the fire Nation border as carried Izuna on his back. He looked back once at Akira and Aiko and prayed in his heart.'Please return safely for your son, Izuna.'A gale blew away the smoke and dust as Akira and Aiko appeared in Iwa ninja's vision. They were startled when they were unable to locate the Yagami. Realization dawned on them as one of the Iwa jounin and two special jounin began to run towards the Fire Nation in the direction of Yagami. Akira and Aiko were helpless to stop them, instead, they focused their attention on the remaining Iwa Ninjas.'Today I will show you, the skills of the son of Ghost of Uchiha.'Akira muttered as he swallowed some Chakra pill and began to weave hand signs. He was ready to sacrifice himself to save his son. Aiko silently followed along with Akira as she too swallowed Chakrapills to recover some of her lost Chakra and began to weave hand signs.Today the Lightning Blossom Duo will show their terror to the Iwa Ninjas.--Yagami was hurriedly running towards the Fire Nation borders to ask for re-enforcements. He had tears in his eyes as he knew it was futile. By the time, re-enforcement will reach them everything will be over. But he still clung to the final straw of hope for a miracle.Within ten minutes, the border patrol tower was visible to him as he spotted the patrol team."Re-enforcement!... We need re-enforcements."He huffed as he shouted to the patrol ninjas. The ninja team was startled when they heard a shout. They immediately raised their guard as they were ready for an enemy attack. But they dropped their guard when they noticed the Sharingan and Konoha headband on the newcomers."We were on an important mission and got ambushed while retuning.. huff…. huff….. they are five jounins and five special jounin remainings. The direction is 2 o'clock North-East, hurry up and save them. I need to immediately return to the Village to inform Hokage-Sama."The patrol guards nodded as one of them hurriedly went to inform the Captain and the rest of them marched in the specified direction.Yagami ran towards the Konoha village as tears spilled from his eyes. He felt guilty and helpless as he began to reprimand himself on his powerlessness.Large amounts of Chakra began to gather around him as it began to flow towards his eyes. Izuna was startled awake as he sensed the amassing of Chakra.Blood began to trickle from Yagami's eyes as the three tomoes in his Sharingan began to spin rapidly. After they while they merged and formed a shuriken pattern tilted at forty-five degrees.'Yagami had awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and it is similar to Shisui that means my parents are……No!'Izuna began to wail loudly. Yagami was startled out from his thoughts as he began to tend to Izuna to stop his crying."Don't worry Izuna. Everything will be all right. I am sure mama and papa will return safely. So, don't cry."But he was aware of the dire straits of Akira and Aiko. He was consoling Izuna as well as himself. He marched on as for now, the most important issue wasto return to the village.